November 30, 2005

Common Visual Design Elements of Weblogs

Weblogs (blogs) have been heralded as a new space for collaborative creativity, a medium for breaking free of the constraints of previous forms and allowing authors greater access to flexible publishing methods. This generalization seems extreme...

A grounded theory approach was used to develop a coding scheme consisting of 23 elements:

CMC (Computer-mediated communication) elements
custom images
color in headings/titles
custom colors
color alteration
custom table borders
custom banner
data representations
color bars
custom font
graphical dividers
color clash
smilies
per-post icons
photo background
text effects
language
too wide
scrolling headers
custom calendar layout
custom cursors
music
video

paper by Lois Ann Scheidt and Elijah Wright

with illustrations, references & comments

thanks Diederik

Posted by Cieciel at November 30, 2005 05:36 AM