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"Analysis of Web Content Delivered to a Mobile Computing Environment"

Anthony Perreault 

Anthony Perreault is a senior at New Mexico Tech, majoring in Technical Communication with an emphasis in computer science and web design. While taking classes, Anthony also works full-time at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Pete V. Domenici Science Operations Center as an operations specialist for the Very Long Baseline Array radio telescope where part of his duties include maintaining and upgrading operational documentation. Anthony worked with Dr. Julie Dyke Ford on his senior thesis project, Analysis of Web Content Delivered to a Mobile Computing Environment.

 

Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Background of Wireless Technology

Literature Review 

Survey of US Web Traffic

Selection of Sites for Analysis

Analysis of Sites

Google.com

Flickr.com

Walmart.com 

Wikipedia.org

Wordpress.com

NYTimes.com

Craigslist.com

IMDb.com

Conclusions

Suggestions for Further Research

Final Thoughts

Works Cited

Final Thoughts

The role of the technical communicator is that of performing and facilitating knowledge transfer. Our tools are as varied as the mediums that we use in order to attain this transfer. When the audience is left without the knowledge that we wished to impart, then we have failed in our task as communicators. This should never be the case. Regardless of the medium, we should always be able to ensure that the audience can understand the content, no matter their environment. Through effective design, content can be understood.

As my research has shown, content does not have to lose relevance when presented on a mobile computing device, so long as good design principles are followed. The technical communicator should look at designing for the mobile computing environment as a motivational challenge, for arguably it is one of the hardest environments to design for, and can validate the designer's skill as a communicator.

 

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Posted by xcheditor on May 19, 2021 in article, Issue 6.1

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