Net Neutrality Authentic Assessment Infographic
By William Connor
WRTG291
Then intention of this infographic is to present both sides of the net neutrality issue. The internet is full of sources of information about net neutrality but almost all of the ones I found are slanted. This is an important issue with lots of complexity and both sides of the argument really do have good points to make. If you were interested in finding out more about net neutrality you would probably go to the internet for answers. When you do a Google search for “net neutrality” the first page contains websites, news, and videos. There are eight websites listed six are from a pro net neutrality viewpoint.
Here are the results of the Google search that I did using the search term “net neutrality”
- Wikipedia neutral informational
- Savetheinternet.com biased advocacy group
- Savetheinternet.com biased advocacy group
- Nytimes.com neutral news media
- Freepress.net biased advocacy group
- Google.com biased net neutrality movement
- Commoncause.org biased advocacy group
- Ibtimes.com neutral news media
The results are from advocacy groups have an agenda and present one side of the issue only. Net neutrality is an important issue and the voters will turn to the internet to get informed. This graphic is intended to put out information about net neutrality so that people who are undecided about the issue can see that both sides have good points to make.
An infographic is a good way to present this information. Infographics are graphical representations of complex data. It is a way to present a lot of information in a visually appealing and easy to comprehend way. A map can convey geographic data in a better way than trying to describe geography with words. A map takes a complex concept and makes it easy to take in the information at a glance. Infographics, when done well, can explain complex issues at a glance. People respond well to Infographics. It makes topics interesting that might otherwise be dry and boring. Adding interesting graphics to represent the parts of an idea make people want to invest the time to look into the issue.
The concept for this infographic was to catch people up on the timeline of what has happened in the net neutrality movement then to present different viewpoints of the issues. I wanted to convey the point that this issue is being decided in congress. Both sides present the issues to congressmen hoping for a favorable outcome in the laws passed. I got the timeline from GigaOM.com. The talking points in the speech bubbles came from my synthesis paper timeline. I tried to make the arguments concise by condensing the arguments into two or three sentence statements.
Higginbotham, Stacey (2011, April 22). Tech News and Analysis Retrieved April 22 2011, from GigaOM website: http://gigaom.com/2010/12/21/a-net-neutrality-timeline-how-we-got-here/
