Images 101

This assignment begins our study of images with a reading from chapter 11 of the Web Style Guide (WSG).

Objectives

After completing this assignment, students should be able to

• Identify the authors’ recommendations for effective use of content images.
• Define the four basic types of content images, as well as their subcategories:
  1. Illustrations
  2. Diagrams
     • Map
     • Object
     • Process
  3. Quantitative Data
     • Tables
     • Charts, e.g. Line, Bar, and Pie charts
  4. Integration
• Identify examples of the four basic types of content images, as well as their subcategories.
• Define and explain the three major elements of rhetorical persuasion as they apply to content images.
• Apply the concepts learned in this assignment to properly identify and discuss the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of example content images.
• Identify the type of image that is popularly known as an “infographic”

Readings

• Lynch and Horton, 325-26
• Lynch and Horton, “Rhetoric and Web Design,” 321
• Lecture Slides: Graphics 101