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that the interactivity factor existing in the network
based environment makes the users of the wireless
networks the co-authors of the web content, style,
design, and structure, which may be conducive
to the growing online readership, along with the
readers' interest and motivation. One may notice
some changes of meaning behind words such as
technology, literacy, readership, and readability,
which may cause misunderstandings of that kind.
Studies on readership, usually designated as read-
ers of certain publications considered as a group,
indicate the existence of growing forces outside of
newspapers' control, mostly caused by the growing
number of website addresses and links providing
information. Readership has been also linked with
readability - the ease in which text can be read and
understood, be it a large-circulation newspaper or
a computer program. Also readability of graphics
is of concern to visualization specialists. Rusu
et al. (2011) incorporated Gestalt principles and
introduced the concept of breaks in edges at edge
crossings in graphs to improve graph aesthetics
and readability. Text readability depends on the
length of words and the difficulty of particular
sentences, both the semantic difficulty and the
syntactic complexity, among many other factors.
Several formulas have been developed to evaluate
the people' reading skills and increase readership
of newspapers but also literary, research, govern-
ment, teaching, law, and business publications. To
enhance readership, both the majority of block-
buster writers and many government agencies
write at the 7
th
grade level.
Figure 3 presents visually everyday experience
of commuting, which provides familiar views
as an input supporting thoughts in a not always
conscious way. The commuters translate them to
build individual perception of this regular journey
to and from their place of work.
Figure 3. Anna Ursyn, “Commuter's Tunes” (© 2001, A. Ursyn. Used with permission)
