Aditional Resource Links:
Underlying prompts/questions:
- How does the source of information (WHO or HOW) effect the believability of that information?
- How does the source of information affect our understanding of the message?
- How does the design of social media effect the habits of users and their perception of truth or reliability?
- Do you follow any social media influencers?
“Off the top of your head”, name at least 3 social media influencers? - How do you get information about world news?
“Off the top of your head”, name at least 3 news anchors or newspaper columnists? - What are some differences between getting news from social media (TikTok, FB, Instagram, Twitter, etc.) vs getting news from broadcast news (TV/radio), print news (newspapers/magazines)?
- Do you think social media platforms (TikTok, FB, Instagram, Twitter etc.) are addictive?
In this assignment we will look at the effects of these related questions to the understanding of world news events.
ASSIGNMENT
You are a designer who has been hired to redesign the look, format and functionality of 3 social media applications:
- TikTok
- UTUBE
- Threads
- SnapChat
- other
Your goal of your redesign is to retain the basic purpose of the original platform but to also address the following main concerns/needs:
- The need to increase reliability, believability, and truth to information that is presented as factual.
- The need to decrease, change or eliminate platform features that tend to be addictive to users.
- Would you pay a monthly/yearly subscription to use your favorite Social Media Apps if it meant they would be commercial/ad free?
Ask yourself design questions which will lead to solutions for these needs.
for example,
- “Are there additional features that would help?” i.e. a fact checker on posted info.
- “Can color psychology influence believability of information?” ie. Is blue more believable than red? or do those color indicate bias?
- Does the order or placement of information indicate a hierarchy of importance? i.e. Is what is placed at the top or left viewed as more important?
Start your layout in Adobe Illustrator.
set your custom screen size at 430 x 932 pixels
Design elements (assets) in Illustrator or Photoshop first.
Use Ai layers to separate elements
Copy and paste design elements into XD to create interactivity
How to Design & Prototype a Mobile App – Adobe Xd Tutorial
- Be sure to also watch these tutorial videos at the bottom of the page. They include the following topics:
- XD interactivity
- Separating Photoshop images into layers for use in XD
- Setting up Vertical Scrolling pages in XD
- Setting up Horizontal scrolling or Dragging in XD
- Auto-automate
- Create Hover button State
- Animate Text
TO Turn in your project
Upload your XD file
• Go to “Share” from the top menu in XD,
• Pick “Design Review” and “Only Invited People” options
• Click the “Update Link” button and
• Paste in the email addresses of the people you wish to share (invite) your design.
copy the list of class emails below and paste them in the “Invite People” field.
- Jovani Batuyong <j_batuyong@u.pacific.edu>
- Sharan Satish <s_satish1@u.pacific.edu>
- Autum Begley <a_begley@u.pacific.edu>
- Asher Bloom <a_bloom3@u.pacific.edu>
- Lucas Campainha <l_campainha@u.pacific.edu>
- Sophia Charles <s_charles3@u.pacific.edu>
- Arina Kelekhsaeva <a_kelekhsaeva@u.pacific.edu>
- Aryadna Molina Hernandez <a_molinahernandez@u.pacific.edu>
- Lizette Orozco <l_orozco5@u.pacific.edu>
- Edel Razo <e_razo@u.pacific.edu>
- Caroline Rivera <c_rivera10@u.pacific.edu>
- Rosalyn Ung <r_ung1@u.pacific.edu>
- Peiwen Liang <p_liang2@u.pacific.edu>
- Brett DeBoer <bdeboer@pacific.edu>
• ALSO
Copy the XD project link (click the chainlink icon to do this) and
• Submit it to the Canvas assignment page and also email that link to me.
ASSIGNMENT DUE: MONDAY, November 20