Messaris, Paul,

Visual "literacy" : image, mind, and reality / Paul Messaris. - Boulder : Westview Press, (c)1994. - xii, 208 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.



Four aspects of visual literacy. Still images ; Film and television ; Cognitive consequences of visual literacy ; Awareness of artistry and visual manipulation -- The interpretation of still images. Abstract representation ; Concrete representation ; Empirical evidence -- 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 ; Propositional editing -- General cognitive consequences of visual literacy. Propositionality revisited ; Representational categories and world views ; spatial intelligence ; From concrete to abstract to analogy -- Awareness of artistry and manipulation. The detection of artifice ; Unconcealed artifice ; Visual manipulation -- Conclusion: Other questions, other "literacies". Images and the appearance of reality ; Images and cultures ; Familiarity with visual subject matter ; Production literacy".Empirical evidence -- 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 ; Propositional editing -- General cognitive consequences of visual literacy. Propositionality revisited ; Representational categories and world views ; spatial intelligence ; From concrete to abstract to analogy -- Awareness of artistry and manipulation.



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Visual literacy--Psychological aspects.--United States
Visual communication--Psychological aspects.--United States

LB1068.M583.V578 1994