Visual literacy, the Glossary
Visual literacy is the ability to interpret, negotiate, and make meaning from information presented in the form of an image, extending the meaning of literacy, which commonly signifies interpretation of a written or printed text.[1]
Table of Contents
50 relations: Academy, Advertising, Allan Luke, Arizona State University, Art criticism, Art history, Association of College and Research Libraries, Chartjunk, Comics studies, Criticism, Education Resources Information Center, Educational animation, Educational technology, Edward Tufte, France, French invasion of Russia, Graphic design, Gunther Kress, Image, Infographic, Information Age, Information and media literacy, Information design, James Paul Gee, Language interpretation, Lascaux, Literacy, Martin Scorsese, Mass media, Meaning-making, Michigan State University, Morgan Library & Museum, Multiliteracy, Object literacy, Peter Benjamin Graham, Philosophy, Prehistory, Propaganda, Rhetoric, Scott McCloud, Semiotics, Technology, Transliteracy, Understanding Comics, University of Texas at Austin, Visual literacy in education, Visual narrative, Visual rhetoric, Visual semiotics, Written language.
Academy
An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership).
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Advertising
Advertising is the practice and techniques employed to bring attention to a product or service.
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Allan Luke
Allan Luke (born 1950) is an educator, researcher, and theorist studying literacy, multiliteracies, applied linguistics, and educational sociology and policy.
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Arizona State University
Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university in the Phoenix metropolitan area.
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Art criticism
Art criticism is the discussion or evaluation of visual art.
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Art history
Art history is, briefly, the history of art—or the study of a specific type of objects created in the past.
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Association of College and Research Libraries
The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), a division of the American Library Association, is a professional association of academic librarians and other interested individuals.
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Chartjunk
Chartjunk consists of all visual elements in charts and graphs that are not necessary to comprehend the information represented on the graph, or that distract the viewer from this information.
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Comics studies
Comics studies (also comic art studies, sequential art studies or graphic narrative studies) is an academic field that focuses on comics and sequential art.
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Criticism
Criticism is the construction of a judgement about the negative or positive qualities of someone or something.
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Education Resources Information Center
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is an online digital library of education research and information.
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Educational animation
Educational animations are animations produced for the specific purpose of fostering learning.
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Educational technology
Educational technology (commonly abbreviated as edutech, or edtech) is the combined use of computer hardware, software, and educational theory and practice to facilitate learning.
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Edward Tufte
Edward Rolf Tufte (born March 14, 1942), sometimes known as "ET",.
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France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
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French invasion of Russia
The French invasion of Russia, also known as the Russian campaign (Campagne de Russie) and in Russia as the Patriotic War of 1812 (Otéchestvennaya voyná 1812 góda), was initiated by Napoleon with the aim of compelling the Russian Empire to comply with the continental blockade of the United Kingdom.
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Graphic design
Graphic design is a profession, academic discipline and applied art whose activity consists in projecting visual communications intended to transmit specific messages to social groups, with specific objectives.
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Gunther Kress
Gunther Rolf Kress MBE (26 November 1940 – 20 June 2019) was a linguist and semiotician.
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Image
An image is a visual representation.
Infographic
Infographics (a clipped compound of "information" and "graphics") are graphic visual representations of information, data, or knowledge intended to present information quickly and clearly.
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Information Age
The Information Age (also known as the Third Industrial Revolution, Computer Age, Digital Age, Silicon Age, New Media Age, Internet Age, or the Digital Revolution) is a historical period that began in the mid-20th century.
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Information and media literacy (IML) enables people to show and make informed judgments as users of information and media, as well as to become skillful creators and producers of information and media messages. Visual literacy and information and media literacy are literacy.
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Information design
Information design is the practice of presenting information in a way that fosters an efficient and effective understanding of the information.
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James Paul Gee
James Gee (born April 15, 1948) is a retired American researcher who has worked in psycholinguistics, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, bilingual education, and literacy.
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Language interpretation
Interpreting is a translational activity in which one produces a first and final target-language output on the basis of a one-time exposure to an expression in a source language.
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Lascaux
Lascaux (Grotte de Lascaux, "Lascaux Cave") is a network of caves near the village of Montignac, in the department of Dordogne in southwestern France.
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Literacy
Literacy is the ability to read and write.
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Martin Scorsese
Martin Charles Scorsese (born November 17, 1942) is an American filmmaker.
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Mass media include the diverse arrays of media that reach a large audience via mass communication.
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Meaning-making
In psychology, meaning-making is the process of how people construe, understand, or make sense of life events, relationships, and the self.
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Michigan State University
Michigan State University (Michigan State or MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan.
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Morgan Library & Museum
The Morgan Library & Museum (originally known as the Pierpont Morgan Library; colloquially the Morgan) is a museum and research library at 225 Madison Avenue in the Murray Hill neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S. Completed in 1906 as the private library of the banker J. P. Morgan, the institution has more than 350,000 objects.
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Multiliteracy
Multiliteracy (plural: multiliteracies) is an approach to literacy theory and pedagogy coined in the mid-1990s by the New London Group. Visual literacy and multiliteracy are literacy.
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Object literacy
Object literacy is a relatively new term that has grown out of object-based learning (OBL), a fundamental approach to teaching the practice of museum and library work. Visual literacy and object literacy are literacy.
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Peter Benjamin Graham
Peter Benjamin Graham (4 June 1925 – 15 April 1987) was an Australian visual artist, printer, and art theorist.
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Philosophy
Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, value, mind, and language.
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Prehistory
Prehistory, also called pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the first known use of stone tools by hominins million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems.
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Propaganda
Propaganda is communication that is primarily used to influence or persuade an audience to further an agenda, which may not be objective and may be selectively presenting facts to encourage a particular synthesis or perception, or using loaded language to produce an emotional rather than a rational response to the information that is being presented.
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Rhetoric
Rhetoric is the art of persuasion.
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Scott McCloud
Scott McCloud (born Scott McLeod; June 10, 1960) is an American cartoonist and comics theorist.
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Semiotics
Semiotics is the systematic study of sign processes and the communication of meaning.
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Technology
Technology is the application of conceptual knowledge to achieve practical goals, especially in a reproducible way.
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Transliteracy
Transliteracy is "a fluidity of movement across a range of technologies, media and contexts" (Sukovic, 2016).
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Understanding Comics
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art is a 1993 non-fiction work of comics by American cartoonist Scott McCloud.
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University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas.
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Visual literacy in education
Visual literacy in education develops a student's visual literacy – their ability to comprehend, make meaning of, and communicate through visual means, usually in the form of images or multimedia. Visual literacy and visual literacy in education are literacy.
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Visual narrative
A visual narrative (also visual storytelling) is a story told primarily through the use of visual media.
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Visual rhetoric
Visual rhetoric is the art of effective communication through visual elements such as images, typography, and texts.
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Visual semiotics
Visual semiotics is a sub-domain of semiotics that analyses the way visual images communicate a message.
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Written language
A written language is the representation of a language by means of writing.
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