Above all these consist in the potentials for action by writers and readers, make of texts and remakes of texts..."(Literacy in the New Media Age, p.49)Claiming that reading is a form of semiosis between the reader, writer and the outside influences as large, Kress acknowledges the strong hold imagery and visual media has on the majority of communicable communications.

In a multimodal environment the realizations of this are aided bu te varying affordances of the model dn the facilities of the new media of information and communication."

(Literacy in the New Media Age, p.49)Kress addresses the shift from physical books to digital typefaces as a means to discuss the practical uses of both the written and types word.

Citing literacy as a tool for individuals, the use of digital literate can engage the human imagination in ways that traditional paper novels cannot.

Addressing this, Kress states that:"Of course the possibilities of connections across elements, neither given nor constrained by a reading path, are myriad too, and they too provide the space for imagination.