Vexillology is the study of the design, history, and purpose of flags. Although many flags seem very simple in design, there are several key principles recognizable flags follow, such that flags with simple designs may be more recognizable than flags with more complex designs. Flags should also not have specific Read more…
One key factor of communication through written or electronic media is font choices. An easy-to-read font is more likely to keep the readers’ attention and convey the message in the media. Many accessible fonts, such as Times New Roman, Helvetica, and Arial share several common characteristics, like being clear and Read more…
Synesthesia is the perceptual phenomenon where individuals’ sensory pathways are “linked” in a way that experiencing a stimulus in one sense, such as hearing a sound or touching an object, would also simulate a different sense. Two forms of synesthesia that I find particularly interesting are grapheme–color synesthesia, which individuals Read more…
In my communications class on Children in Media, one topic we discussed was on how media, such as toy advertisement, target different audiences based on preferences that are typically associated with gender. To attract the attention of the target audience, we can tell that some elements of the commercials are Read more…
In recent years, the growth of artificial intelligence research has led to the increased use of AI in many different industries. Some of which include computer vision, machine translation, and chatbots. One use of AI that I found to be very interesting is generating faces of people who do not Read more…