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The New Writing with a Purpose,
Fourteenth Edition
Joseph F. Trimmer, Ball State University
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Web Design Activities
Chapter 7: Argument
- Locate four issue- or politics-oriented sites on the Web. Here are a couple of resources to help your search:
Yahoo!
http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/Politics/Political_Opinion/
Google Directory
http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Issues/
In a brief paragraph about each site, critique how these sites use images to help make their arguments. Are images used to present evidence? If so, in what ways (to support induction? deduction? claims and warrants? etc.). Are images used for emotional impact? To distort the opposition? If these sites were yours, would you change the way they use images? Why or why not?
- Based on the overall design ("look and feel") of each site you chose in Activity 1, who do you think its target audience is? Is the site's design effective for its audience? Why or why not? Suggest any design changes you think would make each site more appealing to its target audience.
- Create a web page or simple site about an issue you feel passionately about. (Try using Google image search to find noncopyrighted images for your project.) Pay close attention to how your use of design and images supports the position you are advocating on your site. Next, create a page or site satirizing the opposition to the point of view you are expressing in your first site. Will you use design and images in the same ways in both sites?
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