Week 13

For my final webtext, I need to do more research for it. Such as the color part, the point is weak and I need more evidence for it. I also want to find more pictures to illustrate my webtext vividly because some of the names were used a long time ago. My audience may not quite understand them. Pictures will help them learn it better. Language problem is another issue I need to concern for my final webtext. There are some grammar errors I need to fix and some sentences I need to revise.

My webtext fits our webzine because the topic I choose is entertaining. Although fashion has become more commercial, it is still very pleasant for our visual aims. I am sure my audience will enjoy my topic. Also, I did research for my topic, just like my other fellow students. We did the same process for our topics. That’s important because we will put our webtext together as a whole project.

week 12. Part 2.

1. The website “The history of 20^th Century Fashion” tell us about a brief idea of how the clothing, hair, cosmetics and foot ware looked like. This text gave me an idea of the 20^th century fashion industry and helped me begin my webtext. But there is not enough information for me to continue the text. What the author wrote on the website is not specific but in clear categories. So it still helped me to organize my text.

2. 2. The essay “Pants and the Feminist” written by Paula Baxter pointed out that feminism seemed to be out of fashion. I took this as a resource for my text because the author got a very different idea about fashion and feminism. It is somehow against my text. I think it could make my text more objective. However, I need more text to support my idea. Therefore, I just mentioned it a little in my webtext.

3. 3. The journal “Fashion is New Form of Expression for Feminists” is the opposite of “Pants and the Feminist”. It talked about how fashion was used by feminists to make political statement. It is a good support to my idea. It also talked about how fashion helped feminism in the history. It can be used in every category of my webtext.

4. I prefer to find my resources in the library because they are more reliable. But the resources are quite limited too. The internet has the resources from all over the world. It’s a lot easier to find a useful piece of information. I will try to find my resource in the library first and then look up on line.

Week 12. Part 1.

I'd like to talk about ...
1. Is the organization clear?
2. Does the contents fit the topic?
3. Is the language proper for a spoken work?
4. How can I enhance my introduction?
5. What should I write in the conclusion?

Week 11

I have done a lot of research so far for my project. I learned from my research that feminists did a lot for women's equal rights. Fashion is one of the methods to express themselves. Feminists have been fighting for justice while some men also make efforts to feminist movements. In fashion area, there are many famous male designers. For instance, the inventor of pants for female was male. Male designers also promoted pants in female society. Fashion itself has a long history too. It dwells from one style to another. Fashion is not only clothing. It also includes hair, acessories and costometics. I want to show my audience images and illustrate them with my spoken words. I think that will be more impressive than written words because fashion is nothing without visual meterials. I'll organize my slideshow and put them into different categries. My spoken words will go with the images.

Week 10

My whole project is mainly about two aspects, feminism and fashion. In this case, my audience is those who are interested in either of the tow topics or both of them. My purpose of this project is letting my audience know that fashion is not just about appearence and clothes. Fashion is a way of expressing oneself. In my webtext, I connect feminism and fashion with my explaination of why fashion reflects feminism. In my podcast, I talked about men's attitudes towards feminism while in my slideshow, I will show my audience how fashion has changed. I divided my text and podcast into some main points and explained each point with examples. My project is well-suited to a web reader because it contains a lot of research. There are lots of links and pictures in the text to help the audience well understand my text. I also illustrate my content based on the web resources. So web-text is better than printed text.

I like my project because I think the topic is interesting and it is about different areas. I informed my audience a lot of useful history information. Besides, fashion industry has become more and more important in our modern life. It is necessary to know more about it. Also my project is about genders. This is still a popular topic all over the world.

I think I still need more research on my project in order to support my points. I will also re-organize my webtext so that it is easy for my readers to read. For my podcast, I also wish I could add more information about my main points because men's attitudes are indispensable as a part of feminist movement in the history and in the future. This topic still has a lot to said and I hope I can continue research it even after this semester.

In my topic, the fashion part would best be presented as images and spoken words of a slideshow. Fashion could not be shown without images. And since I will talk about the history, when the words go with images, it would be easier for audience to understand.

Week 9

The strategy of my script is to inform my audience men's responses to feminism and persuade them to get involved in feminist movements.

The first part of my script is the introduction, I explained what feminism was and what three kinds of men's responses to feminism. In the second part, I explained the three kinds of responses, positive, negative and laissez- faire. Then, I explained why men should get involved in feminism and how they can participate in feminist movements.

Basically, I used definitions and examples to support my idea and make my audience understand. I also found some resourses to support my idea as well.

Week 8

The differencs between spoken script and written essay is the tones and the languages.
When write an essay, the tone should be more formal and academic, because it will be printed out and read by others. Sometimes academic words need to be used so that the paper can look nicer and more convicible. For spoken script, the tone should be more oral. The language should be understandable by hearing it because the audience is random. they could be a native speaker or they can also be those who are not good at English.
The similarity is the tructure. no matter it is a spoken script or a written essay, they should both have thesis statements, body points and conclusions.

In my podcast, I will talk about men's attitudes towards feminism. my sourses list different attitudes provided by men. I will classify them into three main attitudes using paraphrasing, quoting and explaining. To get my audience engaged in my podcast, I will not only discribe my resources, but also mention what should women do and persuade men to get involved in feminist movements.