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The origins and history of Visual literacy (VL) are summarized in this article, from the 1960s writings of John L. Debes, Marshall McLuhan and others of the Rochester School, to the influence of the Internet in the 2000s.
A look at the historical roots of media literacy calls attention to the availability of archives and manuscripts that provide the foundational primary source materials upon which researchers can build upon. At the Symposium, the Elizabeth Thoman Media Literacy Archive at the University of Rhode Island was dedicated.
1 kwi 2017 · The origins and history of Visual literacy (VL) are summarized in this article, from the 1960s writings of John L. Debes, Marshall McLuhan and others of the Rochester School, to the influence...
Theories of visual literacy and associated research and pedagogy draw from a wide range of disciplines including art history, semiotics, media and cultural studies, communication studies, visual ethnography and anthropology, social semiotics, new literacies studies, cognitive psychology, and critical theory. Understanding the various theories, ...
With that in mind, it’s easy to see media literacy as an extension of the practice of rhetoric, developed during the 5th century B.C. to teach the art of politics through the development of oratory and critical thinking.
23 mar 2021 · In this paper, the authors describe the use of available digital tools to unearth a history of the concept of visual literacy in education that precedes in roughly 30 years these events.
The term “visual literacy’ was first used by the writer John Debes in 1968 (1968). Messaris (1995) defines visual literacy as the gaining of knowledge and experience about the workings of the visual media coupled with a heightened conscious awareness of those workings.
