Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Five Types of Text

Street art:
Street art is an up and coming kind of text that has become popular due to artists like Bansky who travels around the world leaving his mark through words and pictures. A major part of this kind of art is the response it receives on social media. Through people taking pictures of the art and sharing it on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, the art is constantly being viewed and allows the work to be alive.

Social Media:
Through the instant communication that social media provides, I believe that this kind of text is alive in a different way then something like a piece of literature. Because the world is constantly updating their statuses and tweeting away, the internet is constantly buzzing.

Literature:
I am a firm believer that books and other works are considered alive only because every time someone picks up a book to read, they are going to interpret and interact with the text in a different then maybe I had the first time I read it. The words in books are alive because the reader can develop a special relationship with them and interpret it in a way only they can.

Online Magazines/Newspapers:
Newspapers like The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal have created apps to allow for their media to be viewed online. Because of the nature of the Internet, it is constantly being updated and people are constantly being flooded with information.

Blogs:

Blogs are the new instant success story online and it seems that almost everyone has a blog. I think this kind of text is alive due to the fact that avid readers come back every time there’s a new post. When there is a constant audience, the author can create a relationship with their readership through the words.

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