in text messaging communication, the communication flows both ways. the source, or sender of the message, encodes a message, which has to run through noise and channels to get to the receiver. once the receiver gets the message, they decode the message. when responding back to the message, the receiver soon becomes the source, and the loop continues.
The overall simplicity of this model makes the line of communication easy to navigate, alongside the labeled short explanations to further allow the viewer to understand it. These sentences, however, feel rather heavy on the left side without much labeling going on, on the mirrored half. While the model could accommodate multiple scenarios, the specificity makes it harder to envision those other possibilities. The noise aspects become a tad confusing with the linework, especially without the labeling, and I would have liked to see a bit more variation in the examples.
At first glance the model is a bit confusing because so much is going on in many directions. After a bit I am able to read and process what is happening and how texting works. The source, channel, receiver, and what happens in between are clear. The only thing mis leading is noise. It is in a weird spot with all the messages being sent and it makes me think that Is noise. Noise is described but I have nothing to compare it too such as maybe a symbol of bad wifi or dead phone.
The concept is well laid out and easy to understand. I appreciate the fact that all examples of text are kept short and to the point, allowing me to easily read through the map in a quick and efficient manner. The drawn style works well and other than the telephone in the middle seems to be immediately visually consistent to the eye. I’m not sure how well it would accept other scenarios exactly, but I think with some tweaks it could fit them in.
The green and red color coding makes this model easy and clear to read. Love the illustrative quality!