Q: In the article Wysoki talks about how important the visual presentation of the page is in terms of how the reader is informed by it. How do you think the reader is then affected by the hypermediated characteristics of a webpage that is fluid and changing?
A: The beauty of multimedia is that regardless of whether the viewer looks at a page or a screen, the author of each medium utilizes specific strategies to facilitate the visual presentation. When a viewer looks at a page in a magazine, there are definitely going to be photos & graphics of various sizes & shapes. Not to mention the text on that page will serve its own purpose of either drawing attention or becoming a neutral backdrop to the viewer's visual experience. Viewers observing a Web page would easily become drawn to the "flashy" images (just as the reader of a magazine would look first to the biggest or most vibrant colors on a page). What is different about a Web page is that one has the luxury of clicking around & opening different links. This gives the viewers an interactive & hands-on experiences that is not afforded via the printed text.
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