NAVIGATING VISUAL CULTURE

ISBN: 9781516508365 Géneros: JFD Sinópsis: Navigating Visual Culture Theoretical Perspectives on Visual Media brings together an eclectic collection of theorydriven readings to help students understand and navigate the visual culture in which they live  The selections in Section I explore the nature of the visual and how people identify what they see around them ranging from basic color to visual codes translated by the brain Section II features readings that address the way people interpret explain and understand visual culture while the readings in Section III give an overview of the various ways people participate in visual culture whether as members of a particular media tribe consumers of advertising or users of personal computers  Each reading is framed by an original introduction that explains its place and relevance in visual culture and discerning questions to facilitate classroom discussion or serve as writing prompts The anthology also provides recommendations for supplemental reading and viewing Navigating Visual Culture is wellsuited to undergraduate courses in mass media and can also be used for upper division and graduate courses in visual culture and new mediaAmy Mattson Lauters holds a PhD in mass communication from the University of Minnesota A former journalist and freelance web designer Dr Lauters is an associate professor and chair of the mass media department at Minnesota State University Mankato where she teaches courses in mass communication visual mass media writing ethics and press criticism She is a prolific author whose work includes numerous book chapters encyclopedia entries and articles in peerreviewed journals including American Journalism A Journal of Media History Dr Lauters is also the editorauthor of the book The Rediscovered Writings of Rose Wilder Lane Literary Journalist and author of More than a Farmer’s Wife Voices of American Farm Women 19101960 She is a current member and past president of the