If you are looking for something that pulls together theory with practical application, I highly recommend Document Design by Kimball and Hawkins: http://www.amazon.com/Document-Design-Guide-Technical-Communicators/dp/03124.... Don't let the title put you off - it's an excellent primer in design and communication. If you are specifically looking at issues of content writing and design, Redish's Letting Go of the Words is fantastic: http://www.amazon.com/Letting-Go-Words-Interactive-Technologies/dp/012369486.... It went over well with my undergrads and masters students, and we used it as a resource in industry. Take care, Liza __________________________ Liza Potts, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Digital Humanities Department of Writing, Rhetoric, & American Cultures Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824 Skype: LKPotts | AIM: LKPotts On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Achterman Peg <pachterm@uw.edu> wrote:
These might be less than you want, but I like:
Don't make me think: Krug and Content Strategy for the Web - Halvorson
Peg Achterman Seattle
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Message: 10 Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:09:45 +0200 From: Daniel Jung <jung@uib.no> To: Air-L@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Readings in semiotics/multimodality: Alternatives to Kress&Leeuwen? Message-ID: <4E7B3399.4040307@uib.no> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Hi
This is the second time I use Gunther Kress and Theo van Leeuwen's "Multimodal Discourse" (http://www.amazon.com/Multimodal-Discourse-Gunther-Kress/dp/0340608773) in my web design and web aesthetics class (introductory level). The students (non-natives, but quite capable users of English) keep complaining about convoluted language and dense ways of explaining.
Are there alternatives to this book which cover about the same topics, and have the same depth, but are easier accessible? Or are there any additional texts which help understanding once Kress is mandatory
reading?
Thanks, - Daniel
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