# Semantic prosody of web design

Canonical page: https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2006-01-17-semantic-prosody-of-web-design

The piece compares the halo effect of first impressions in web design with semantic prosody and other forms of rapidly formed prejudice.

Blog post · Hermeneutic Heretic · 17 January 2006

## Where it lives

- [Read it on Hermeneutic Heretic (web.archive.org)](https://web.archive.org/web/https://hermeneuticheretic.net/2006/01/17/semantic-prosody-of-web-design/)

## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 17 January 2006
- Published in: Hermeneutic Heretic
- Language: English

Topics: web-design, semantic-prosody, prejudice, cognition.

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