Infographic- Process Reflection 10.27
The Making of My Infographic
Initially I was very lost in the idea of what I could do. So I started out with trying to do the assignment as a lesser version of what might become my Critical Photo Essay. But then I ran into the problem that there were too many questions being asked and not enough information being provided/answers being given for an assignment that needs very little text. I was going to try to justify whether or not text-message ‘words’ like lol, smh, wtf and emojis were the same as ‘writing’ (which they are since writing is meaning making in terms of symbols and words, etc.). But it was too broad for this assignment and I had more questions/ things that I would need to define before I began my argument. As I was still trying to force the too broad “texting and emojis are real writing” idea, I decided to Google “emoji”. From there I found a website dedicated entirely to Emojis: Emojipedia.org. And then, I was inspired to make my focus be on ‘fun facts’ about the emoji and try to mimic the coffee cup graphic.
Initially I was very lost in the idea of what I could do. So I started out with trying to do the assignment as a lesser version of what might become my Critical Photo Essay. But then I ran into the problem that there were too many questions being asked and not enough information being provided/answers being given for an assignment that needs very little text. I was going to try to justify whether or not text-message ‘words’ like lol, smh, wtf and emojis were the same as ‘writing’ (which they are since writing is meaning making in terms of symbols and words, etc.). But it was too broad for this assignment and I had more questions/ things that I would need to define before I began my argument. As I was still trying to force the too broad “texting and emojis are real writing” idea, I decided to Google “emoji”. From there I found a website dedicated entirely to Emojis: Emojipedia.org. And then, I was inspired to make my focus be on ‘fun facts’ about the emoji and try to mimic the coffee cup graphic.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t make my infographic as vertical as the coffee cup like I wanted to, so my project is in 6 Powerpoint slides. I wish I had more technical knowledge to do what I saw some of my classmates accomplish and the coffee cup graphic. As a writer I do not know if I did or did not include too much text in infographic, but I’m happy with the way I organized all my information and the way I organized my own emojis to fit on the slides and rhetorically have a theme for each page- which included looking up the text font for the iPhone and using it sometimes in my slides. Rhetorically, condensing facts/information into expressions of “simple facts” is a really hard thing for me and was a bit of a challenge for me during this assignment. I’m the kind of person and writer who likes to provide as much as possible because I’m so eager and excited to share all that I can about subjects that I’m most excited about. But perhaps next time I have the opportunity to do another project like this I will figure out a way to put everything on one slide and maybe less text, however I really think that this project had the just the right amount to say what I needed to say.
I don’t think that this particular writing process was different from what I have done before, I struggled with an idea, then with narrowing and fine-tuning said idea before embarking on the short research adventure that I went on to find out random, cool things about the emoji and its history.
What do I know now that I didn't know before? - That the emoji has a serious history and actual rhetorical style determined by the Associated Press Stylebook.
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