The general term is information . This course is about searching for information and then packaging it for readers. It's also about getting you to think differently about information. An article by John Perry Barlow in Wired magazine over six years ago started me thinking differently. Information is a life form.
Information is a relationship.
To that I would add, information can also be stored in a picture . This course will also explore how we can report on information visually. An good example is Richard Saul Wurman's Understanding USA . To view it, you'll need the Flash plug-in for your browser. The definition of writing includes visual information and web page coding.