Website Critique

Lauren Tsugawa:

The website is very visually appealing a filled with great writing. The website is well constructed and the flow of the writing is easy to follow. She makes great use of the sources and did not fall into the “present the information” trap. In particular, I liked the site titled “A Grayish Medium.” I felt like it did a good job of summarizing what remixes were and the controversy surrounding them. It also flowed nicely into her section on “Democracy at Work” where she presented various examples of how the internet provides a medium for democracy to reign.

Randy Holaday:

The simple layout really let the writing be at the forefront. The writing was clear in its direction and it was not obscured by attempts to make an extravagant website. The introduction did an excellent job at laying the framework of the hypertext. Each page flowed into the other, creating a sense than no single one was more important than the other, which allowed me as a reader to explore each one and not overlooked pages that might have otherwise appeared “unimportant.” I was particularly fond of the “Sound of Silenced Voices” because it provided two excellent examples of how the internet was used as a powerful driver for political and social change. Overall, the writing was clear and easy to digest, making it a pleasant site to visit. What made it a good website was that the response to the issue took precedent over the actual sources, so it didn’t feel like I was reading a response to various individual websites.

Nicolas Feigenbaum:

The simplicity of the site made it very easy to read and to digest all of the information. The hypertext aspect was used very effectively and provided nice context throughout the discussion. The section on the “Role of the Remix” was very good and the analysis was thought provoking. He was able to effectively tie together many examples and highlight the controversy surrounding remixes in a very clear and revealing manner. His section on “fixing the problem” did a good job of highlighting the analysis of many major scholars of the field. It also did a good job of addressing the one possible solution that is currently being explored in the video game industry. The ease of reading the material made it very pleasing to go through and I didn’t feel like I was struggling to understand the point of it all.