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| Comparison
of audio, print, television and the Web
1. Aim The aim of this exercise is for you to critically analyse information presented on the radio, in newspapers, on television and on commercial Web sites. Media does sometimes dictate the type of (carto)graphic message that can be designed, produced and presented. This exercise has been designed to allow you to evaluate the comparative success of four particular information communication methods, radio, newspapers, television and Web sites, and how they are at depicting and imparting the same type of information. The particular types of thematic maps that will be used to explore this theme are weather maps. 2. Exercise: 1. For any day of the week obtain weather information from a radio station. 2. Note the type of information that is provided as audio. 3. For the same day obtain a weather map from three daily newspapers. 4. Note the types of methods used to depict the information and the types of information shown. This can be entered in the form below. 5. Also comment on the quality and coarsity of the graphics. As newspapers are printed on comparatively coarse newsprint this limits the use of fine lines and small fonts in text. Even though these restrictions are placed on newspaper graphics designers their products - in this case weather maps still have to perform as information communicators. 6. During the same week, preferably on the same day view a weather report on a television news service and also evaluate the maps used to support the Weather Report. Make comments on the maps used by answering the questions in the form also. (If you have access to cable television, a comparison with another news report from outside Australia would enhance your report). For the television maps comment upon: ·
Did the presenter add any value to the information, or could the
map have been televised unsupported by a presenter and achieved
the same information provision; 7. Lastly, and preferably for the same day, look at a Web weather site. 8. Critically look at each of the types of weather maps used and: ·
Choose the presentation you preferred; 9. Use the proforma below as a reference for the information to be provided. 10. The presentation is to be a PowerPoint presentation. The presentation must fit onto one disk for loading onto the notebook computer that will be used in the lecture room. You may wish to illustrate the presentation by including images from any of the maps that you reviewed. Answer Sheet (Use this sheet as a guide for the presentation and your submission) NAME: Newspaper maps: Date(s) of weather maps: Place a tick in the box if the item was present and make comment on whether this particular symbol type added to the information presentation success (or lack thereof) of the map. Note: You don’t have to use the Age, Herald-Sun or The Australian as shown below, as long as you have 3 different papers.
The Age Herald-Sun The Australian Television maps. Methods used for presentation: Static map Map plus presenter Animation
One site per student: Weather.com European
Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts – ECMWF –
can’t access Europe.CNN TheWeatherNetwork Österreichische
Gesellschaft für Zivilluftfahrt mbH Yahoo USA
Today AccuWeather UK
Weather University
of Koeln GIS
Meteo (Russia) Meteo
France (click country on right) Guardian
Unlimited Wetter
Online NTUA
Online Weather Report
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