Multimodality is simply just a theory of communication that
collaborates different resources such as text, images, sounds, texture, layout
anything you can really think of to help us understand the meaning of something
or communicate with other people or more specifically an audience. Modes are
what construct the communication and are what define multimodality. Modes are
the resources we use to communicate with an audience and with other people in
general. Modes can be textual, aural, or visual and combine together to create
a sense of communication. For example, painters use modes in their paintings to
convey a message to the audience or to capture their particular audience they
are trying to find. They use modes such as color, layout, and texture to
capture their audience and help them define or decode what the message or story
is behind the painting.
The tension that is held between Kress and Wysocki is that
Kress believes that there needs to be multiple modes to produce the message
being said. He stresses the fact that the producers displays modes in his/her
own way that they think will be best to get their message across. He also
stresses how each mode has a different use for a particular thing and that one
mode will not do as good of a job to get the message across as multiple modes
would.
On the other hand, Wysocki argues that space is the most
important thing. It doesn’t matter how many modes you use or the way you use
them but rather the space in which they are presented gives us the
understanding on what is being presented. The way a mode is used to communicate
depends on the audience and the purpose it is being used for.
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