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After reading Hine's "What's in a Package," respond in a comment to the following two prompts:
  1. How does packaging stimulate the desire to buy, according to Hine?
  2. Look at the packages in your refrigerator, your bathroom, or some other space. What inferences might Hine make about you based upon them?
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After reading Calfee's "How Advertising Informs to Our Benefit," respond in a comment to the following two prompts:
  1. Describe in your own words the benefits of advertising according to Calfee.
  2. How does Calfee defend the fact that, in his words, "Information in advertising comes in tiny bits and pieces" (par. 25)? How can you counter his stance?
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Post your questions about Project 2 in a comment.

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Find a CD package online (Amazon is a good place to start) and post the link to it in a comment.

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After reading Twitchell's "What We Are to Advertisers," respond in a comment to the following two prompts:
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What is the most important thing to take from Anne's experience with design plans (starting on page 52 of Compose, Design, Advocate excerpt 2)?
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Provide your definition of multimedia in a comment below.
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After reading Compose, Design, Advocate excerpt 1, respond in a comment to the following two prompts:

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After reading Beyond Words excerpt 2, respond in a comment to the following two prompts:

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Find some different uses of Google Maps online (you can use this search as a starting point). Write about 200 words about some of the different uses that interest you and why they do.