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Visual "literacy" : image, mind, and reality  Cover Image Book Book

Visual "literacy" : image, mind, and reality

Messaris, Paul. (Author).

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  • ISBN: 0813316677
  • ISBN: 0813319374 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: print
    xii, 208 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Boulder, CO : Westview Press, 1994.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: 1. Four Aspects of Visual Literacy. Still Images. Film and Television. Cognitive Consequences of Visual Literacy. Awareness of Artistry and Visual Manipulation -- 2. The Interpretation of Still Images. Abstract Representation. Concrete Representation. Empirical Evidence -- 3. The Interpretation of Film and Television. Point-of-View Editing. Editing as an Indicator of Thoughts and Emotions. The Modulation of Emphasis and Viewer Involvement. Beyond Point-of-View Editing. Propositional Editing -- 4. General Cognitive Consequences of Visual Literacy. Propositionality Revisited. Representational Categories and World Views. Spatial Intelligence. From Concrete to Abstract to Analogy -- 5. Awareness of Artistry and Manipulation. The Detection of Artifice. Unconcealed Artifice. Visual Manipulation -- 6. Conclusion: Other Questions, Other "Literacies" Images and the Appearance of Reality. Images and Cultures. Familiarity with Visual Subject Matter. "Production Literacy"
Subject: Visual literacy -- United States -- Psychological aspects
Visual communication -- United States -- Psychological aspects

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Emily Carr University of Art + Design.

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