TEXT

INFORMATION
AND MEDIA
CHARACTERISTICS OF TEXT INFORMATION
AND MEDIA

✓ Text is any media product we wish to examine

✓ Text is full of effort to comprehend
√ Text has its limitations too.
√ Images can communicate everything at once
 PARTS OF THE TEXT
•Titles- allows the reader to identify the over all
topic of the text and understand the main idea.

• Headings –allow the reader to identify specific

topic and also divide the text intro sections.
•Bold Print and Italic –use to signal the
reader that the word is important.

•Charts, Tables and Graphs –used to

organize large amounts of info to small
space.
•Illustration –helps the reader to
understand the information in a visual
way.
•Caption –used to explain the
illustration.
 TEXT TYPES
AND FORMATS
AND SOURCES
 TYPES FORMATS
SOURCES
1)Brochures 1) Documentary 1) Books
2) Magazines 2) News Article 2) Magazines
3) Textbooks 3) Interviews 3) Newspaper
4) Instruction Manual 4) Images 4) Article
5) Encyclopedia 5) Advertisement 5) Journal
6) Newspaper Article 6) Data base
ADVANTAGES OF
TEXT
INFORMATION
 ADVANTAGES
•Availability –printed materials are
already available on a variety of
topics and in many different formats
•Flexibility –they are adjustable to many
purposes and maybe used in any lighted
environment

•Portability –they’re easily transported to

another place with out the aid of machine
or electricity
•User-friendly –easy to use, no extra effort to search
•Economical –inexpensive to produce or purchase

•Motivate and Engage –informational text can motivate

students to read, clarify confusions and extend their
learning and also it engage in natural
and social world.
 PURPOSES

•To bring in a better communication and

understanding between the general public
and government
•To help the people know what’s
happening in the country about
the economy, social and political
situation.
 LIMITATIONS
-The most obvious drawback of text as a knowledge building
and communication tool is that it lacks the inherent
expressiveness of speech.

-A transcript may accurately record the spoken words, but

the strategic and emotive qualities and impact of speech are
deminished in the page.
VALUE OF TEXT
INFORMATION
AND MEDIA
NEW INFORMATION
-Informational text contributes to readers understandings
of a wide range of topics.

VERIFYING FORMATS
-Reading informational text provides students exposure
to content presented. This exposure present text variety
and others.
• ANALYTICAL THINKING
-Reading information in presentation other than narrative
requires that readers practice different skills of interpretation and
analysis.

• MOTIVATION
-Kids wants to know the how and why behind things. That’s why
informational text is necessary as it feed kids one by one
information to what is happening around them.
 DESIGN PRINCIPLES AND
ELEMENTS
•PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
-The principles of good design are the tools used by an
artist or designer to create an effective composition or
design. They are rules to help guide a designer how to
arrange the various elements of a composition in relation to
each other and the overall design.
 BALANCE
•Balance provides stability and structure to a
design. Balance is the distribution of the visual
weight of objects, colors, texture, and space. If
the design was a scale. These element should
be balanced to make a design feel stable.
SYMMETRICAL ASYMMETRICAL RADIAL
 MOVEMENT
- is the path our eyes follow when we look at work of art.
This can be achieved by using repetition, rhythm, action.
Such movement can be directed along lines, edges, shape,
and color within the work of art. Movement ties the work
together by relating the various components of a work
together.
 REPETITION/RHYTHM
•Rhythm is the repetition of visual movement colors,
shape, or lines.
 EMPHASIS
•Is the part of a design that catches the viewers
attention.
 CONTRAST

•Refers to the difference in values, colors,

textures, shape, and other element. Contrast
occurs when two parts of a design or page layout
are different, the greater the difference the greater
the contrast.
 UNITY

•Is the feeling of harmony between all parts

of the work of arts which creates a sense of
completeness. Unity provides the cohesive
quality that makes an art work feel complete
and finished.
 ALIGNMENT
• Alignment refers to lining up the top, bottom, sides, or middle of text or
graphic elements on a page. It is also the principle of design governing how
text and graphics lined up on each other.
ELEMENTS OF DESIGN

•Line • Size
• Value
•Color • Texture
•Shape • Space