To speak of webjournalism is to speak of a
journalistic practice, which demands of its
profession new skills and proficiency. The
need for these skill results from the adoption
of a new base-language – what I call an intelligent
text – because it includes word, sound,
images and hyperlinks.
The incorporation of these elements in the
text raises some questions related to the reading
possibilities of a text with these characteristics.
Knowing that reading implies a
comprehensive effort and an effort towards
comprehension and incorporation, it is necessary
to identify an architecture applicable
to news written according to a writing model
and which grows distant from the linear
schemes composed by graphic elements of
the same family, be they characters or images.
This paper aims to understand the influence
that the introduction of non-verbal
elements, and various levels of readings may
have in the process of understanding a new
system
