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I think that in the entire class, the professor's comments are the most direct and useful to me. Because it points out the details that I missed, and some more specific information that I accidentally overlooked while writing. I find that the problem I have done the most is the lack of some information that the professor needs. This may be because sometimes there are many instructions for an assignment. Similarly, peer review is also very helpful to my work. It shows different opinions from different people, which can make my writing more interesting and different. Writing can be really hard, because there are a lot of details to focus on. However, I think it is also important for writers to have their own style of writing. After reading the other people’s work from the peer review, I found that I actually have a lot more to learn. It will help a lot with your writing if you learn the good part from different people and make it into your own style.

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Blog 10

What writing strategies or techniques did you learn that helped you prepare to create effective multimedia advertising materials?

What problems or struggles did you have with this field?

In what way(s), if any, did working with editing peers in class help you deal with these struggles?

In what way(s) did working with editing peers help strengthen your writing/creation between the first draft and final version? Why do you think this was?

In order to create effective multimedia advertising materials, I think research is very important. Someone might think that if you make the position attractive and creative, it will be a good advertisement. On the contrary, I think it is more important to conduct research before advertising. Because you will have to know what type of target population is in order to design and make decisions more effectively. However, conducting research is not so easy. In these days, trend changes are indeed very frequent, and people have different views on things. Similarly, because the market is so competitive, it is important to conduct research before making a decision. If we can work with our peers, we will greatly speed up our work. Because the more people help, the higher the efficiency. When working on the first draft, many details may be lost, and sometimes you may find some wrong information from unreliable websites. However, when the final draft is prepared after people have checked the work and collected all the research results, the final draft will be more complete.

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Blog10

What writing strategies or techniques did you learn that helped you prepare to create effective public relations materials?

What problems or struggles did you have creating in this field?

In what way(s), if any, did working with editing peers in class help you deal with these struggles?

In what way(s) did working with editing peers help strengthen your materials between the first draft and final version? Why do you think this was?

I think the most important strategy and technique that will help me a lot when preparing public relations materials is to understand your audience. Because all audiences have their own different ways. You will have to use activities to achieve certain goals, social media to achieve goals, and network activities to achieve goals. I think the hardest part I struggled the most was to find the best way to target your audience. If you use the wrong strategy, you sometimes get confused and make things more difficult.In fact, I think if we can discuss the best solution and gather different opinions from different angles, that would really help. After editing, the companion will help strengthen the content between the first draft and the final draft, because you can propose the best solution. When you try to do it yourself in the first draft, there may be a lot of invalid ideas, so it may be wrong. After discussing will upgrade the work to a better and a more effective one.

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Blog9

Spirit, emotion, and logo are three categories of persuasive advertising techniques. Each category creates a different attraction between the speaker and the audience. In fact, from my personal point of view, a logo is one of the most important things that attract people the most. Due to the popularity of social media, people continue to update information and fashion trends from celebrities. Nowadays, people focus on the logo to show its status and fashion. But today, the possible moral dilemmas associated with persuasive communication can become serious. There are a lot of fake news and information on the Internet. Such false information may cause serious consequences and social problems. Take the current situation as an example. Some people claim that there is no need to wear a mask on the street, but this is actually a way to protect themselves and others. In fact, in a country like Taiwan that has few cases in the entire country, wearing a mask has proven to be useful.

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Blog8

In my own experience, it is difficult for me to write a multimedia news package because I don’t like Americans who can watch news reports in English the whole time. When doing this assignment, I found that reading a lot of articles really helps to write a multimedia news package. In this way, you can learn how to write professionally and the structure of news reports. However, working with colleagues can sometimes be difficult at this time. Since news reports should be subjective. When people have different opinions on the same case, it is difficult for a team to get the same result, which may make the situation more complicated. On the other hand, working with the peers can sometimes help point out some errors in the paper, such as typing errors, grammar, and some of your own opinions that make the report unprofessional and informal.

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Blog7

Example:

President Donald Trump again defended the use of an unproven anti-malaria drug as a treatment for COVID-19 on Tuesday.

A press release is a short document that shares with you the value of news made by the press and other media. It is usually sent to reporters and editors who may use the information to write news articles. Look for newsworthy methods and exclusive data or research. The direct target audience will depend on the subject, for example politics will target middle age. Secondary target audiences may be students and general news readers, because sometimes these people read news to keep up with trends and developments in the world. For those who have nothing to do with the subject, they will choose to scam rather than focus on details.

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Blog6

There are some techniques for writing effective explanatory articles. For example, using transition words, strong thesis statements and citation sources are very important. In my own experience, writing instructions is really difficult for me because I am not a native speaker and sometimes it is difficult for me to be professional. However, writing a paper with a group of people can be quite different. People can choose to do different parts of this article and discuss them together, such as finding research, organizing words and paragraphs, and giving different opinions. Finally, if we want to strengthen the article between the first draft and the final draft, we can ask a teammate to do the paperwork, which is organizing the opinions of others. This may be more effective than everyone writing some parts of the article.

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Blog5

In order to write good leads, some rules need to be followed. From my own point of view, clarity and simplicity are very important. Because you must attract the reader's attention in a short time, the words must be short and powerful. In order to meet all the conditions of potential customers, we must be very careful. Sometimes, when you lose your creativity, you can even start with a story, especially for crime stories.

Draft: 

Is it save for you to go to the gym during the pandemic? It depends on where you live and the state’s situation. Also avoid enclosed space like a locker room and also putting on a mask and using hand sanitizer before and after you use the equipment is extremely necessary.

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Blog4

For this week’s assignments, we must create a personal website that shows our background and experience. Based on my experience in creating a website this week, which is a very useful experience. It can show a person's personality and design style, and can also be used in the future, such as building a resume, which is also part of creating a website. For me, this is my first personal website. To be honest, I am not good at using computers, and I actually have a hard time doing it. However, my friend helped me and he suggested that I use WordPress. First, set up an account, and then choose a domain name, which is Ming's Media and More. Next, you choose a website design, and then you can customize it in our own way. I decided to make it simple and unique in order to change the direction of each vocabulary. Finally, I created the home page, my profile and contact information to build up my home page. I hope after this class I will be able to create my own personal website and also a personal blog, which is less formal. 

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Blog3

I find that peer review is very helpful for my writing skills. In my sophomore year, I took the ENL course. At that time I found it unnecessary, and it will not help my writing skills at all. The only reason I took the course was that it was regarded as a simple course. However, after completing my first writing assignment, my thinking about the class has completely changed. For the first assignment, all we have to do is write a paper. In the next class, we will exchange papers and do peer review with others in the class.The purpose of peer review is that we can point out people’s mistakes and learn from them. In fact, I found peer review to be very helpful to me. I actually learned how people use different phrases, how to construct sentences, vocabulary usage, and different writing styles. I think that if we start peer review in this class, I will focus more on how they construct sentences, because I think this is my weakness. I think sometimes it is difficult for me to express my thoughts and build my thoughts in my mind. Sometimes, poor structural skills can confuse readers and make people less interested in your paper. Therefore, peer review is a very important and useful way to improve the quality of writing, and everyone should do so more often. Some people may think it is embarrassing for others to read your paper. Some people are not trying to judge, but to help you improve.

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Blog2

I hope that after studying this course, I can better organize my writing. By understanding the writing process, we can understand the writing order so as not to get lost when writing a paper. The writing process is important because in this case, you will be able to write the paper in a more effective way. When you don’t know what to do, the writing structure will provide you with guidance. Follow the steps will help a lot.

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Your personal writing goals for this course

I would like to understand how to write on a social media, since it is a current trend. It is necessary for everyone to know about it.

Your attitudes and beliefs about writing

As a international student that English is not my first language, sometimes I am afraid of expressing myself and also has limited vocabularies when writing.

Your current writing and self-regulation abilities and habits

Sometimes I write my essay in a too informal and I don’t have the habit of structuring my words.

How these factors might help or hinder you as writers

Without structuring my own words, it can be hard to write a long essay and also people might get confused when reading my essay.