The Huffington Post

Hypertext is intended to aid the reader’s understanding of a subject, giving links to background information on a subject rather than reminding the them through the article. This is exactly what is done in The Huffington Post, the online media source. Take for example the story entitled, ‘O.J. Simpson ‘bored out of his mind’ in prison’ In this article, we are given three hyperlinks, all of which relate back to other sources on the story and other related stories. This indeed aids the credibility of the story. Whats more is the article offers the reader a ‘read more’ option, listing eight links on O.J. in which the reader may have an interest. This is without doubt a positive example of the good use of hypertexts.