TY - BOOK AU - Messaris,Paul TI - Visual "literacy": image, mind, and reality AV - LB1068.M583.V578 1994 PY - 1994/// CY - Boulder PB - Westview Press KW - Visual literacy KW - United States KW - Psychological aspects KW - Visual communication N1 - 1 (pages 185-199) and index; 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; 2 ER -