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Joanna McIntyre; Kerryn Dixon; Elizabeth Walton – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2024
Refugee education has become an issue of national and international concern as the numbers of refugees rise globally. In a world where global issues such as forced migration are communicated and consumed through the visual mode, understanding how discursive agendas are constituted visually is important. This paper explores the representations of…
Descriptors: Refugees, Political Attitudes, Inclusion, Equal Education
Callahan, Cory – Social Studies, 2015
As pictorial-based social media (e.g., Instagram, Pinterest, Snapchat, Tumblr) continue to encourage and sustain contemporary culture, the future success of America's democratic experiment may increasingly depend on its citizens' ability to critique visual information and take informed action. Promoting critical, historical analysis of…
Descriptors: Photography, Mass Media, Media Literacy, Social Studies
German, Tim P.; Truxaw, Danielle; Defeyter, Margaret Anne – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2007
Artifact knowledge requires integration of information from different areas of human commonsense knowledge--our everyday understanding of object mechanics and our everyday psychology. Here, we address the question of artifact conceptual structure, outlining evidence from tasks involving categorization, function judgments, and problem solving.
Descriptors: Visual Literacy, Mass Media, Problem Solving, Children
Ganske, Lou – NSPI Journal, 1978
The media are sources of great power because they are relentless and invisible persuaders. Man does not offer resistance for he is often unaware of the effect of their presence, concentrating on the "content" while every form of his experience and the quality of life itself is shaped by the "message" form. (VT)
Descriptors: Communications, Mass Media, Visual Literacy, Written Language

Hortin, John A. – Reading Improvement, 1982
Examines sources available for developing a theory of visual literacy and attempts to clarify the meaning of the term. Suggests that visual thinking, a concept supported by recent research on mental imagery, visualization, and dual coding, ought to be the emphasis for future theory development. (FL)
Descriptors: Definitions, Mass Media, Theories, Visual Literacy

Thompson, Nancy; Cromer, Jim – English Journal, 1977
Discusses six crises of verbal language which are imminent due to our reliance on the mass media and our separation from the phenomenal world. (DD)
Descriptors: English, Language, Language Role, Mass Media

Thompson, Nancy – English Journal, 1979
An update on multimedia resources about mass media for use with students or for teachers' own information. (DD)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, English Instruction, Mass Media, Secondary Education
Seels, Barbara; Fredette, Barbara – 1993
This paper examines the role of myths and symbols in society through the use of a hypothetical dialogue. The paper begins by explaining what myths are and the functions they serve. Mythology and mythical symbols of past and present are compared. These changes in the nature of mythological symbols are explored through a dialogue between an artist…
Descriptors: Mass Media, Mythology, Oral Tradition, Symbols (Literary)
Breslin, Diedre; Marino, Eileen – Elementary English, 1974
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Mass Media, Teacher Responsibility, Television

Greenlaw, M. Jean – Language Arts, 1976
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Mass Media
Eisenhauer, Jennifer F. – Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues and Research in Art Education, 2006
Beginning with an understanding of visual culture as a postmodern discourse, this article argues for more focused attention to how visual culture presents a critical rethinking of subjectivity within art education. Through an analysis of a language of bombardment, a discourse that positions the subject as bombarded by media messages, this article…
Descriptors: Art Education, Postmodernism, Fine Arts, Popular Culture

Rehman, Sharaf N.; Hanks, William E. – Journalism Educator, 1985
Presents a structure for a film and video production course, with emphasis on three types of literacy: visual, verbal, and technical. (HTH)
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Development, Film Production, Higher Education
Chung, Sheng Kuan – Art Education, 2007
Media programs like hip-hop music videos are powerful aesthetic agents that inspire teenagers. Thus, they have tremendous influence on young people's identity formation, lifestyle choices, and knowledge construction which are manifested in the ways teens dress, express themselves, behave, and interact with each other. However, because of the…
Descriptors: Gender Bias, Stereotypes, Social Behavior, Visual Literacy
Baran, Stanley J. – Speech Teacher, 1972
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Course Objectives, Mass Media, Speech Curriculum
Craig, Robert L. – 1993
Visual criticism is a major component of the new visual communication. Visual communication has changed through the advent of new technology which allows images to be combined and manipulated with relative ease. Visual criticism analyzes the forms and practices of image production and examines the roles of images in society creating a new dialogue…
Descriptors: Criticism, Ethics, Mass Media, Nonverbal Communication