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Visual "literacy": image, mind, and reality
Paul Messaris
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Frontmatter
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List of Figures (page ix)
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Acknowledgments (page xi)
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1 Four Aspects of Visual Literacy (page 1)
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Still Images (page 9)
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Film and Television (page 14)
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Cognitive Consequences of Visual Literacy (page 21)
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Awareness of Artistry and Visual Manipulation (page 29)
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2 The Interpretation of Still Images (page 41)
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Abstract Representation (page 42)
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Concrete Representation (page 46)
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Empirical Evidence (page 60)
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3 The Interpretation of Film and Television (page 71)
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Point-of-View Editing (page 74)
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Editing as an Indicator of Thoughts and Emotions (page 86)
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The Modulation of Emphasis and Viewer Involvement (page 89)
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Beyond Point-of-View Editing (page 93)
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Propositional Editing (page 106)
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4 General Cognitive Consequences of Visual Literacy (page 113)
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Propositionality Revisited (page 113)
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Representational Categories and World Views (page 118)
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Spatial Intelligence (page 123)
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From Concrete to Abstract to Analogy (page 129)
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5 Awareness of Artistry and Manipulation (page 135)
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The Detection of Artifice (page 138)
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Unconcealed Artifice (page 147)
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Visual Manipulation (page 154)
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6 Conclusion: Other Questions, Other "Literacies" (page 165)
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Images and the Appearance of Reality (page 166)
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Images and Cultures (page 168)
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Familiarity with Visual Subject Matter (page 176)
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"Production Literacy" (page 180)
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References (page 185)
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About the Book and Author (page 201)
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Index (page 203)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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FQ | 48.4 (Summer 1995): 60-62 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/1213593 |
LEO | 29.1 (1996): 77-78 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/1576288 |
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Published: 1994
Publisher: Westview Press
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