Throughout the year we have been working with three different mediums of writing: academic writing, blog posts, and multimodal writing. When these different types of writing take form they look very different. The format of each one varies from the next, but these writings are more interconnected than what the eye can infer.
The goal of writing is to communicate an idea or opinion to an audience. The three different styles of writings we have practiced act as three separate avenues of communicating the ideas and opinions to the audience. All three styles of writing can be equally effective. So how does one decide which avenue to take? The choice of writing style will more than likely depend on someone’s audience.
If someone’s audience is a committee of professors or professionals in a specific field then they would most likely take the avenue of an academic writing. They would choose this style of writing because it gives credibility to the author because the audience would respect the more serious and professional tone of the paper.
If someone’s audience is mostly a younger generation with short attention spans then they would most likely use a blog in order to convey their message. They would do this because they realize their academic writing would be ineffective in holding the younger reader’s attention.
A person could choose the path of a multimodal writing for various reasons. One reason could be they are trying to reach a broad audience in a campaign style approach, and they need a visual image that communicates a message in a very short amount of time. Examples of this would be billboards, memes, and other forms of advertisement. A second reason could be the subject they are addressing has been discussed for a long time and people have become accustomed to just ignoring the conversation, so in turn they need to capture the audience’s attention again with a stirring image, video, or other form of media.
As a result, all three forms of writing work together. They work together to effectively communicate information from an author to an audience. The type of writing that the author chooses can depend on their audience or the environment in which they are presenting this information. Regardless, each one of these forms of writing lends itself as a tool to authors all over the world.