The Ten Rules...

Mark Zeltner's article, "New Media and the Slow Death of the Written Word", is simply stating that the new media, as in "the internet" or "the web" has changed society to read more articles online rather than buying a newspaper for their daily news. Mark shows how "the new media" is able to catch people attention and to why it is cause people to lose interest in newspapers. I agree with Mark, that everyone is more dependent on the internet for their news.

Mark Zeltner has made his own 10 Rules telling us how the new media should write. He states that people these days don't like to read long articles anymore. Which is true, because now articles are just straight foward to the point. So in rule # 1, its stated that the new media should stick with their facts and keep the article short. Rule # 2 states that the new media writers should present their material in "digestible chunks". Many of the times readers give up reading the articles because there is too much facts at one time, cause them to get confused. Rule # 3 just explains that there should be some kind of related stories to the article to which the reader can look at.

When it comes to the use of video clips, audio clips and pictures, its best if you don't "over do it". Mark's rule # 4 states that a picture is best used when a new media writer wants to enhance the meaning of words. For example, if one is explaining some kind of food dish, put a picture of the food so the reader can have an idea of what type of food the writer is talking about. Rule # 5 talks about audio clips. Audio clips are good for music to change the mood. Rule # 6 talks about video clips. Video clips can be used to show clips realted to the topic of the article. For example,

PLAY AT OWN RISK even though it has NOTHING to do with articles.....

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Rule # 7 talks about the use of footnotes. Footnotes are helpful for readers to find the sources the writer used so the reader has more back up information. Rule # 8 states the use of hyperlinks to other articles that readers can go to. Rule # 9 talks about the use of sidebars. Sidebars help navigate the reader to different parts of the article. Rule # 10 states how a new media writer should present their article. It should be able to catch a reader's attention visually and the form of the article.

I agree with Mark Zeltner, that the new media has been "killing" the use of newspapers. People are so attracted to the articles online more than the article that are just simply printed onto piece of paper. I agree with Mark to the point where the article online can not be taken with you around places and a newspaper can. That is just one advantage of a newspaper. There are still people out there who still choose newspaper over the internet. So in my opinion, I believe it balances out.