1. Why is it important to have a global view (perspective)?
2. If you were designing a website, what would be the two most important questions/concerns to address?
3. How would you include students from different cultures, subcultures, or countries than your own in designing a website?
2. If you were designing a website, what would be the two most important questions/concerns to address?
3. How would you include students from different cultures, subcultures, or countries than your own in designing a website?
1. Why is it important to have a global view (perspective)?
ReplyDeleteHaving a global perspective is important because it helps diversify a person and not be so “closed-minded.” Having this view especially in the major of Media Communications allows a better analysis on social, political, and economic events.
2. If you were designing a website, what would be the two most important questions/concerns to address?
1. I would address who would my intended audience be? I would want to gear the layout, information, and whole design around who would be accessing it daily.
2. What layout would be the easiest to navigate? I do not want my viewers to get lost on my page and not know how to use it properly because then they would stop using it.
3. How would you include students from different cultures, subcultures, or countries than your own in designing a website?
Having such easy access to a variety of cultures nowadays, I believe including students from these different ethnicities and countries would be quite simple. We have a diversity of international students on campus and getting interviews with them would not be difficult. Also, uploading photos and videos including them in would be beneficial to my website. Asking their opinions on designs and layout would also help the site to be diversified.
Good example: How would I write if I was overseas.
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ReplyDelete1. The reason why we need to have a global view is globalization. Everyone can go all over the world, everybody can share their ideas. Especially, due to the development of the Internet, a lot of people on the earth can see everything. When you communicate with others who are from other countries, you need to understand that this person have totally different perspective. Each person has own opinions, each culture has different perspectives. If you did not understand these facts, you may have trouble when you talk to others.
ReplyDelete2. If I am website designer, I will pay attention these two things, what is the main point, and whether is this site clear for everybody. When I imagine the situation that people want to use the website, I think people come to web page to look for information to search specific thing. Therefore I believe website should be simple to read information, and it ought to show the main point for people to recognize it at the first looking. Also, it is because foreigners as well as domestic people can access to the page on the Internet, the web page should be considered for non-native speakers. That is, I am going to create the website which everybody can understand even if they are foreigners.
3. Since I am foreigner here, America, it is quite easy to involve students who are from foreign countries. I have a lot of international friends, so I have already learned several types of perspectives, not only Japanese but also others. I can use own knowledge to create the website. Moreover to build it, I want to ask students who have different cultures to share their opinions whether they can read the page, and how do they feel when they look at the first time.
1. Having a global perspective is important because it allows people around the world to connect. Things that affect one place in the world can affect other places as well. Having a global perspective helps to share ideas, understand, communicate and have an all around better understanding of people and places other than where we are from.
ReplyDelete2. If I were to design a website I would first figure out who I am aiming the website towards which would inturn allow me to figure out what detail and everything else to incorporate into the website. Second, I would design a website that is easy to navigate and that catches the eye of the viewer.
3. To incorporate students from different places into a website, I would obtain their opinions, ideas, interviews, pictures, and much more into the website. I would love to get input on how they would like to see a website or how they could see it differently.
how would you get them to respond?
Delete1. It is good to have a global perspecitve becaue it allows people that you are surrounded by and that you are involved with on a daily or weekly basis. We can share thoughts and ideas to better understand theri culture as well as they can understand ours.
ReplyDelete2. If I were to design a website then I would first figure out whom my audience was geared towards and then start the process of incorporating ideas into aiming toward my audience.
3. I would involve students or co-workers into the website. I would gather their ideas, any pictures they can add, interviews, etc. that i can incorporate into the website.
1: Having a solid global perspective is more important than ever now considering the rapid growth of technology and the expanding use of social media. A person can post something online that can be seen in an instant by someone overseas, and when it comes to marketing or trying to get one's message out, it is important to be knowledgeable and respectful of other cultures, and to understand how to present one's self.
ReplyDelete2: If I was designing a website, the first 2 questions I would want to address are who my intended audience is and how I would present my website to that audience.
3: I would enlist the help of international friends I have made by asking them to review my website, share their opinions, and encourage them to be active participants.
I would also make it easier to read some of these letters they make you type in
ReplyDelete1. Having a global view is important to make yourself more widely understood. When we communicate in the media we want to avoid being misunderstood and with the global reach available in new media it is important to include a global perspective.
ReplyDelete2. When designing a website I would ask myself first who will be using this website, and second what is the simplest way to communicate information that is most relevant.
3. I would ask students from different cultures what expressions are easiest to understand and what layouts are easiest to navigate. I would try and pinpoint the easiest understood English to use, and the simplest layout.
1. Having a global view is very important when communicating. If you have no global view and you say something about a current situation for example the Ukraine situation, you could insult people.
ReplyDelete2. When building a website the two most important factors is who will be looking at this and what content should go up on the website.
3. I agree with Julia Heffington with asking students from different cultures what expressions are the easiest to understand and layout are easiest to navigate. I would also include posts and a page dedicated to different cultures with a list of their holidays so that students from those cultures can explain and help others understand their culture for those who want to learn more about it.
1. Its important to have a global view and understanding, especially with a media degree. We are all connected through the inter-webs. An article that's posted here in the U.S. can be can be read all over the world. There should be no misunderstanding among the publisher and the consumer no matter where either are from. It helps us all understand on the same basis, no matter where we are from.
ReplyDelete2. Is it user friendly? and Is it understood by people from other countries? It is important a website is user friendly, for instance, BlackBoard is not user friendly at all and causes most students frustration. Blackboard now has a bad reputation here. I also believe that it should understood by all cultures, when you work in the media your work is accessible by people all over the world.
3. Use foreign exchange students to help you design and give feedback on your website. I think that they should have a strong input if you want your work to be enjoyed and user friendly by many cultures.
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ReplyDelete1. Having a global viewpoint is a good way to allow yourself to understand how others view things and use that to create a product or service that can work for more than just a select group of people. It also gives you a less closed view of the world.
2. Who will be using this? Is it accessible to all?
3. By giving international students input on the website design and the content, it could help with ease of navigation and understanding so a larger audience would be able to appreciate it.
1. A global viewpoint allows you to see things on the world scale, not limiting yourself to the United States. Having the perspectives of all cultures, not just your own, will allow you to have a better understanding of others and be more successful in communicating.
ReplyDelete2. Who is the intended audience? Is this website geared toward them?
3. Because international students have a different way of interpreting things, using them to help design your website will result in it being easier to use and gain information from.
1. Boundaries in communication are becoming more transparent with the effects of new new media. Something made on one side of the world can now be easily seen and consumed by someone on the other. Having an global viewpoint allows you to create a product or service that can cater to greater amount of people across a wider span.
ReplyDelete2. The two biggest questions are "Can this website be easily used and understood by anyone?" and "What function will this website server to my audience?"
3. Simply find out. Interview them, do some research, have a way for anyone to give you feedback on your website before it's made and after. Engaging with your audience goes a long way.
1- Having a global perspective allows you to open your mind. Once you fall out of the fallacy of how great your country is and silly mannerisms your culture exposes you to, you can access and relate to a lot more people in the world on a bigger and even general scale. You can also filter out a certain demographic if you can flex your perspective.
ReplyDelete2- If I'm designing a website, i'm thinking the two most important questions would be: Q1- Who am I trying to reach? Do I want a general audience or a specific demographic?
Q2- How can I sustain my website and have it flourish at the same time?
3- I think the best way to incorporate other ideas from sub-groups, cultures, regions, etc. is to make my website interactive in that respect. I would add a "suggestions" box on my page and anyone with anything to say could slip me a note with anything they'd love to see my on site.
interactive=suggestion box, dropbox, comment area. "suggestion box"
DeleteWatch out for trolls, spam, etc.
1) It is important to have a global perspective because that is the way in which the world now operates. Technology has connected cultures in an unprecedented way and will only continue to break down the barriers morose in the future. There is no need to alienate one culture or feel superior.
ReplyDelete2) My audience and my purpose
3) If my target audience included individuals from those cultures, I would ask for input on my content and page layout. What we might consider to be easy to read and understand, may be completely confusing and hard to comprehend for another culture.
1. Why is it important to have a global view (perspective)?
ReplyDeleteIt is important to understand that the US cannot function properly without the influence and help from other countries. Knowing this from personal experience, by having a global view, it can allow you to grow as a person and learn educationally.
2. If you were designing a website, what would be the two most important questions/concerns to address?
a. The first most question would be to ask who my audience is because without knowing who my audience is, then the website would not accomplish what it is supposed to.
b. The second would be to figure out what type of content should be posted for the intended audience.
3. How would you include students from different cultures, subcultures, or countries than your own in designing a website?
Once the website is designed, it may be a good idea to create a pop-up survey directed to non-native English speakers. These people would fill out a survey, including open-ended questions, to determine if the website is understood by others other than English speakers.
When designing a website with global intentions, two basic concepts are important. One is to avoid using "American slang" or "cliches", by using them you are making it difficult for a global audience to understand your content. It is also important to use simple but stylish images, to help viewers be able to easily navigate through your site. If a viewer is confused within the first seconds of viewing your webpage, they will simple continue on to another one.
ReplyDelete1) A global view is important to have because it gives you an understanding of the world around you. It improves your relevance and ability to communicate with people from other cultures and keeps people from being close-minded. It also helps you to have a better understanding of current events.
ReplyDelete2) The two most important questions to address would be "who is my audience?" (age, ethnicity, gender, etc.) and "what information is important/relevant to this audience?"
3) I would present my website to them and ask for feedback, advice, critique. What worked and what didn't? Were they able to relate?
1. In order to increase your market size or interest in your website you need to have the inclusion of other cultures or countries.
ReplyDelete2. What is this website for? Who am I attempting to appeal to? Age group, demographic, urban, country etc.
3. I would ask international students to help me with avoiding anything that could be culturally offensive or difficult to understand.