Visual Literacy Bibliography - I. Basic Visual Communication References, Textbooks

 

Barnhurst, Kevin G. "Curriculum and Instruction in Visual Communication." Journalism Educator. 46 (1991): 4-8.

Barnhurst, Kevin G. (Ed.) "Visual Communication and Teaching." A special issue of Journalism Educator, 46 (Spring 1991).

Berger, Arthur Asa. Seeing is Believing: An Introduction to Visual communication. (Mountain View, CA: Mayfield, 1989).

Curtiss, Deborah Pratt. Introduction to Visual Literacy: A Guide to the Visual Arts and Communication. (Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1987).

Davis, Howard and Paul Walton, (Eds.) Language, Image and Media. (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983).

Dondis, Donis A. A Primer of Visual Literacy. (Cambridge, Mass: The MIT Press, 1973).

Fransecky, Roger B. and John L. Debes. Visual Literacy: A Way to Learn--A Way to Teach. (Washington: Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 1972).

Kolers, Paul A., M. F. Wrolstad, and H. Bouma. (Eds.) Processing of Visible Language: Vol. 2 (New York: Plenum Press, 1980): 113-124.

Kress, Gunther and Theo van Leeuwen (2006). Reading Images. The Grammar of Visual Design. 2nd edition. London, New York: Routledge.

Lester, Paul Martin. Visual Communication: Images with Messages. (Belmont CA: Wadsworth Publishing, 1995).

Messaris, Paul. Visual "Literacy": Image, Mind & Reality. (Boulder CO: Westview Press, 1994).

Moore, David and Francis Dwyer, eds. Visual Literacy: A Spectrum of Visual Learning. Englewood Cliffs NJ: (Educational Technology Publications, 1994).

Morgan, John and Peter Welton. See What I Mean? (London: Edward Arnold, 1992).

O'Toole, Michael (1994). The Language of Displayed Art. Rutheford, Madison, Teaneck: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press.

Pettersson, Rune. Visual Information. (Englewood Cliffs NJ: Educational Technology Publications, 1993).

Schamber, Linda. "Visual Literacy in Mass Communications: A Proposal for Educators," ASSOCIATION FOR EDUCATION IN JOURNALISMMC Conference, San Antonio, 1987.

Schapiro, Meyer (1983 [1973]). Words and Pictures. On the Literal and Symbolic in the Illustration of a Text. The Hague, Paris: Mouton.

Thompson, Philip and Peter Davenport. The Dictionary of Visual Language. (London: Bergstrom and Boil Books Ltd, 1980).

van Leeuwen, Theo and Carey Jewitt (2001). Handbook Visual Analysis. London, Thousand Oaks, New Delhi: Sage.

Wilde, Judith and Richard Wilde. Visual Literacy: A Conceptual Approach to Graphic Problem Solving. (New York: Watson-Guptill, 1991).

Wilde, Richard. Problems: Solutions. Visual Thinking for Graphic Communicators. (New York: Van Nostrand, 1986).

Wileman, Ralph. Visual Communicating. (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Educational Technology Publications, 1983).

Wileman, Ralph. Exercises in Visual Thinking. (New York: Hastings House, 1980).