The study aimed to identify the credibility level of electronic press sites and their correlation with the reliability level as seen by the Saudi elite. To verify the aim, the study followed the descriptive approach. The study sample consisted of (102), representing the audience of the Saudi academic elite and media who use Internet as general and electronic press sites in particular, (Media fa…
The last years have witnessed specialized websites in checking fake news to limit its spread and then raise awareness of its danger. Arab press has no clear role to face the fake news, except for a few media institutions as Lebanese newspaper An-Nahar, which has realized the danger of this phenomenon that invade the world because of its easy circulation through social networks such as Facebook,…
Audience analysis methodologies are sometimes downplayed by technical communicators as "anti process," with the preferred method being what one researcher has called a "just do it" approach to document production (Hayhoe 2000, p. 468). Even those technical communicators who realize the benefit of audience analysis only occasionally take the time to identify audience demographics up-front and ra…
Web Design on a Shoestring Carrie Bickner. 2004. Indianapolis, IN: New Riders Publishing. [ISBN 0-7357-1328-6. 215 pages, including index. $24.99 USD (softcover).] The subtitle of Carrie Bickner's Web design on a shoestring could have been "Dare to do less, but do it well." Web design on a shoestring offers an engaging, informative look at how to create an attractive and effective Web sit…
The Internet has given rise to new forms of organizing work and new ways of doing business. The operation of virtual and network organizations that represent new forms of organizing relies to a large extent on the Internet. Similarly, the Internet makes possible new ways of doing business, such as e-commerce and e-marketing. As an important part of the Internet, the World Wide Web shapes these …
* Describes how a knowledge-building community perspective can lead to a framework for designing an informational site * Provides one means of addressing challenges that arise in the design and development of informational Web sites
A content analysis of the online versions of five major dailies shows how different aspects of Web design contribute to the efficiency of information retrieval. The Washington Post was the most efficient.
HTML & Web Artistry 2: More Than Code Natalie Zee and Susan Harris. 2003. Indianapolis, IN: New Riders. [ISBN 0-7357-1029-5. 364 pages, including index and appendixes. $45.00 USD (softcover).] HTML & Web artistry 2: More than code provides Web designers who have little to no coding expertise with a few HTML and JavaScript coding tricks and a heavy dose of step-by-step multimedia instructi…
Lisa Lopuck. 2001. Indianapolis, IN: Wiley Publishing, Inc. [ISBN 0-7645-0823-7. 336 pages, including index and CD-ROM, $24.99 USD (soft-cover).] You're probably familiar with the characteristic yellow and black publications from Wiley Publishing, Inc. (formerly Hungry Minds). They publish the For dummies series that now exceeds 1,000 titles and fills shelf after shelf in the bookstores. Not…
Robin Williams Web Design Workshop John Tollett, Robin Williams, and David Rohr. 2002. Berkeley, CA: Peachpit Press. [ISBN 0-201-74867-3. 372 pages, including index. $39.99 USD (softcover)]. I've been a fan of Robin Williams' work since I first read her simple, common-sense design principles years ago in The non-designer's design book (Peachpit Press, 1994; reviewed in the August 1995 iss…