Visual Communication - by Janis Teruggi Page & Margaret Duffy (Paperback)

About the Book

"How can we make sense of the myriad visual images surrounding us today? How can we strategically use images with a clear understanding of their function and impact? This book answers these questions by providing new "ways of seeing" visual representations through different lenses and in different contexts. It then provides practical guidance for creating purposeful and ethical visual communication. The authors recognize the accelerating dominion of images in communication, society, and culture. We human beings process images and video effortlessly and automatically. Visuals carry an emotional and visceral punch that text can rarely, if ever, match. As multinational marketers, social media influencers, and teenagers on TikTok know, visuals create their own language, accessible to all, regardless of traditional textual barriers of understanding such as education or language"--

Book Synopsis

Teaches visual literacy, theory, scholarly critique, and practical application of visuals in professional communication careers

Visual Communication: Insights and Strategies explores visual imagery in advertising, news coverage, political discourse, popular culture, and digital and social media technologies. It is filled with insights into the role of visuals in our dynamic social environment and contains strategies on how to use them.

The authors provide an overview of theoretically-informed literacy and critical analysis of visual communication and demonstrate the ways in which we can assess and apply this knowledge in the fields of advertising, public relations, journalism, organizational communication, and intercultural communication. This important book:

• Reveals how to analyze visual imagery
• Introduces a 3-step process, Research-Evaluate-Create, to apply the knowledge gained
• Combines research, theory, and professional practice of visual communication

Designed for undergraduate and graduate courses in visual communication as well as visual rhetoric, visual literacy, and visual culture, Visual Communication: Insights and Strategies reveals how to apply rhetorical theories to visual imagery.

From the Back Cover

Teaches visual literacy, theory, scholarly critique, and practical application of visuals in professional communication careers

Visual Communication: Insights and Strategies explores visual imagery in advertising, news coverage, political discourse, popular culture, and digital and social media technologies. It is filled with insights into the role of visuals in our dynamic social environment and contains strategies on how to use them.

The authors provide an overview of theoretically-informed literacy and critical analysis of visual communication and demonstrate the ways in which we can assess and apply this knowledge in the fields of advertising, public relations, journalism, organizational communication, and intercultural communication. This important book:

• Reveals how to analyze visual imagery
• Introduces a 3-step process, Research-Evaluate-Create, to apply the knowledge gained
• Combines research, theory, and professional practice of visual communication

Designed for undergraduate and graduate courses in visual communication as well as visual rhetoric, visual literacy, and visual culture, Visual Communication: Insights and Strategies reveals how to apply rhetorical theories to visual imagery.

About the Author

Janis Teruggi Page is Clinical Assistant Professor, Communication Department, University of Illinois at Chicago.

Margaret Duffy is Executive Director, Novak Leadership Institute and Professor of Strategic Communication, University of Missouri.