{"id":1398,"date":"2017-03-29T12:40:46","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T17:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/rhetoric-of-food\/?p=1398"},"modified":"2017-03-29T12:41:03","modified_gmt":"2017-03-29T17:41:03","slug":"1398","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/rhetoric-of-food\/2017\/03\/29\/1398\/","title":{"rendered":"Heat Maps &#8212; Genre Conventions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The genre I\u2019ve decided to further analyze is Eater\u2019s \u2018Heat Maps.\u201d Eater is a website that offers food news and dining suggestions and guides from across the country through videos, reviews, articles from a variety of writers, etc. Among multiple features of their website, Eater offers a particularly interesting dining guide called \u2018Heat Maps\u2019. These maps are used to offer a list of new and popular restaurants, best of\u2019s in a food category (i.e. burger, Thai food, etc.), and top ranked restaurants all in one particular city among other things. The unique aspect of this particular genre, however, rests in the visual aspect. Eater uses a digital map to help the reader visualize where the restaurant\u2019s location is in the city.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are a few texts that I found to use as sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The 38 Essential Austin Restaurants: Winter 2017<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/austin.eater.com\/maps\/best-austin-restaurants-38\">http:\/\/austin.eater.com\/maps\/best-austin-restaurants-38<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>The Hottest Restaurants in Austin Right Now: March 2017<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/austin.eater.com\/maps\/best-new-austin-restaurants-heatmap\">http:\/\/austin.eater.com\/maps\/best-new-austin-restaurants-heatmap<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>17 Burgers to Eat Right Now in Austin<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/austin.eater.com\/maps\/best-new-burgers-austin-heatmap\">http:\/\/austin.eater.com\/maps\/best-new-burgers-austin-heatmap<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>10 Hot New Pizzerias to Try in Austin<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/austin.eater.com\/maps\/best-new-pizza-austin-restaurants\">http:\/\/austin.eater.com\/maps\/best-new-pizza-austin-restaurants<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Where to Find Fully Satisfying Cheap Burgers in Austin<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/austin.eater.com\/maps\/best-cheap-burgers-austin\">http:\/\/austin.eater.com\/maps\/best-cheap-burgers-austin<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although these texts offer a variety of different material and content, there are a number of aspects from each source listed that share formal elements and functional purposes.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif\"><strong>What should it contain to be considered a \u2018Heat Map\u2019?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>ALWAYS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An entire map background with a left side column (left side: the list of curated restaurants)<\/li>\n<li>The placement of the restaurant on the left should correlate with the number labeled on the map (clear markers)<\/li>\n<li>An introduction before the list is presented<\/li>\n<li>A note stating that the list of restaurants is not ranked in terms of best to worst; it is dependent on what the map is representing<\/li>\n<li>Includes the address of the listed restaurants<\/li>\n<li>Ability to scroll the left side (list of restaurants) up and down<\/li>\n<li>Ability to move around the map visual<\/li>\n<li>Images of food from each listed restaurant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>SOMETIMES:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Offering suggestions of what to order<\/li>\n<li>A direct link to the restaurant\u2019s official website<\/li>\n<li>The official phone number to the restaurant<\/li>\n<li>A list of \u201cwhat\u2019s popular\u201d<\/li>\n<li>A list of \u201cgo-to\u2019s\u201d in a particular food category<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Functional Purposes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Heat Maps provided by Eater serve a number of functional purposes. They allow readers to select a particular category of restaurants choices, so they aren\u2019t forced to be overwhelmed with the number of restaurants in Austin\u2014they can select the map that shows the best burgers, pizzas, etc. in Austin, so they won\u2019t have to sift through food they\u2019re not interested in eating.<\/p>\n<p>The maps also make the decision of where to eat easier as they show distance and commutes for readers. By providing the visual of the map and the exact location of the restaurant, readers are able to decide before even leaving their homes if the desired restaurants are within their commuting desires.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The genre I\u2019ve decided to further analyze is Eater\u2019s \u2018Heat Maps.\u201d Eater is a website that offers food news and dining suggestions and guides from across the country through videos, reviews, articles from a variety of writers, etc. Among multiple features of their website, Eater offers a particularly interesting dining guide called \u2018Heat Maps\u2019. 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