Introduction

I. Basic Visual Communication References, Textbooks

II. Visual Communication: General Theory/Philosophy

A. Images, Content and Meaning

1. Representation and Realism

2. Pictorial Representation

3. Visual Illusions/Ambiguities

4. Bizarre Images

B. Mental Imagery/Visualization

1. Imagery and Perception

2. Imagery and Education

3. Vividness

C. Philosophy: Epistemology

1. Visual Thinking and Learning

2. Visual Interpretation

D. Information/Content

E. The Language Metaphor

1. Visual/Verbal Comparisons

2. Pictorial Superiority Effect

3. Visual/Verbal/Audio Interaction

A. Vison/Physiology/Optics

B. Neural Processing

A. Psychology of Art

B. Perception

1. Pictorial Perception

2. Gestalt Perception

3. Attention/Selection

4. Pictorial/Image Recognition

5. Memory

6. Visual Perception Cues

7. Subliminal Perception

8. Hemispheres and Visual Perception

C. Information Processing/Cognition

D. Codes/Decoding/Encoding

1. Multiple Coding/Channels

A. Learning

1. Comprehension/Understanding

2. Development

B. Visual Literacy

1. Media Literacy

2. Critical Viewing

C. Teaching

1. Instructional Media/Educational Technology

2. Reading and Writing

3. Text and Illustrations

4. Textbook/Instructional Materials Design

5. Educational TV/Film/Multi Media

6. Computers in Education

A. Attitudes and Beliefs

B. Arousal and Emotion

C. Creativity/ Imagination

A. Aesthetics

1. Perceptual Aesthetics

2. Audience Evaluation/Aesthetic Judgment

3. Aesthetic Education

B. Composition

C. Graphic Design

1. Advertising Design

2. Publication Design

3. Corporate Design

D. Information Graphics

E. Computer Graphics/Videotex/Electronic Publishing

F. Typography

G. Color

H. Cartoons

A. Rhetoric/Myth/Persuasion

1. Visual Metaphors

B. Kinesics/Body Language/Signing

C. Literary/Literature

1. Postmodern Studies

D. Symbols/Symbolization

E. Signs/Semiotics

A. Sociology/Anthropology

1. Cross-Cultural Studies

B. Critical Studies

1. Ideology

2. Gender/Racial Issues/Stereotyping

3. Ethics and Social Responsibility

4. Image Manipulation

A. Moving Image Media (General)

1. Film/Cinema

2. Television/Video

3. Film/TV Aesthetics/Language of film

4. Documentary Media

5. Broadcast Journalism

6. MTV

7. New Media/Multi-Media/Virtual Media

8. TV Commercials

B. Photography

1. Photojournalism

 

C. Journalism/News

 

D. PR/Advertising/Consumer Behavior

 

E. Architecture/Urban Planning

 

F. Archaeology

XII. Research/Methodology

A. Bibliographies