What is technology without visuals? It is the first thing that draws us into any type of technology, because we like the way it looks. The bold words that peek your interest or the face that draw you in; sound enhances it, but the visuals catch our attention. I don’t think Michael Steinman’s class would have been able to be as effective as they were with their message if they did not have the internet as a medium to get their message out there. Vice versa, if their message wasn’t powerful, I don’t think no one would have cared, because we all know there is a lot of junk on the internet that we bypass every day.
So to me what this all means is, if you have a powerful message and you want people to listen to it, get to the point like the Death by PowerPoint video suggests, have something meaningful to say, and make it visually catchy. The picture of the student’s house that was foreclosed on enhanced her point; likewise, the video shots of the buildings that were deserted as a result of this economy allowed the viewer to see that it was not just the student’s that were affected by the economy, the damage has decimated their community also. In most communities around our country you could see building boarded up, especially here in Victorville. I believe their message was powerful because although their message was personal, they were able to show and voice what many people around our country are going through.