Monday, October 26, 2009
CNN New Site
I think that their new layout helps to show how our society is changing. We are becoming more visually stimulated. In the past we were mostly text driven. This new layout allows CNN to push their new video content so that viewers are able to quickly understand a story without having to read an entire article. The only issue is that the new spacing on the website has a busy feel to it. Also on the right side their is a popularity rating scale for articles so that users are able to see the most popular news on the site. Towards the bottom of the new site they listed top article links for each main topic. This allows users to see the articles for each topic without having to click on the link at the top. The article touches on the fact that the updated site is very entertainment heavy. This is interesting how we have moved from looking to CNN for political news to now looking for entertainment news. I think that overall their new site is a positive improvement from their previous site.
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Being more visually simulating is better for the CNN website and should be the model for other websites as well. It becomes annoying to read paragraph after paragraph on a computer screen, so by putting the same information in a video will be easier for the user to go through large amounts of information.
ReplyDeleteI find it a little disturbing that CNN's redesign highlights entertainment. When reporting the news becomes focused on entertaining, the result is an editorial. News outlets create their "reporting voice" and website "look and feel" to pull people in. It used to be the network reporting the most accurate news was king of the hill. Now it's whoever can make their news the most catchy or scandalous. I think it's a bad idea to try making news more entertaining. I just don't see it working out well.
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