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Unit 4 Discussion 2_Visual Design In Communication

Unit 4 Discussion 2_Visual Design In Communication

Q Real-World Layout Design Analysis Look at the major newspapers on the Web, New York Times, USA Today and Washington Post, for example. You will find most of the pages are decent and effective. Compare major online newspaper to local, city, or regional online newspapers. Most often, you will find a difference in the quality between the layouts and their effectiveness in communicating information. Once again, using the principle that we learn from our own mistakes and those of others, find a front page of an online newspaper that is a poor example of a layout. Often these sites will draw your attention because the layout requires serious effort just to decipher the news. As you examine these sites, note the grouping of information, inappropriate line breaks, leading, inappropriate visual emphasis, and overall layout. As you respond to this discussion: • Provide a clear articulation of how design, color (if applicable), typography, and layout techniques are, and are not effectively used in the selected online newspaper. • Provide constructive comments and recommendations to improve the selected advertisement. • Describe things in detail to accurately convey the design you are observing for this discussion. • Provide a minimum of six specific comments in your critique of the design.

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For this assignment I chose to talk about two newspapers. One national level and another local level newspaper have been selected by me. I will compare and contrast between The New York Times and Star Tribune as local newspaper of Minnesota. The newspapers can be accessed from https://www.nytimes.com/ and http://www.startribune.com/?refresh=true In this I can make a proper evaluation of the real world layouts. I must say that the first impressions for both papers are good. In the Star Tribune there is one ad and in the New York Times the first ad is seen after three to four scrolls downwards.