Visual Communication : Understanding Images in Media Culture by Giorgia ...

Visual CommunicationUnderstanding Images in Media Culture\nAuthor(s): Giorgia Aiello, Katy Parry\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: SAGE Publications Inc, United States\nImprint: SAGE Publications Inc\nISBN-13: 9781412962247, 978-1412962247\nSynopsis\nVisual Communication: Understanding Images in Media and Cultureprovides a theoretical and empirical toolkit toexamine implications of mediated [url] explores a range of approaches to visual analysis, while also providing a hands-on guide to applying methods to students? own work. The book:\n\nIllustrates a range of perspectives, from content analysis and semiotics, to multimodal and critical discourse analysis\nExplores the centrality of images to issues of identity and representation, politics and activism, and commodities and consumption\nBrings theory to life with a host of original case studies, from celebrity videos on Youtube and civil unrest on Twitter, to the lifestyle branding of Vice Media and Getty Images\nShows students how to c.