Showing papers in "Visual Communication in 2017"
TL;DR: In this paper, a comparative approach to the analysis of a popular internet genre, user-generated restaurant reviews, sampled from two different websites (OpenRice and Yelp), which have emerged in two different geographic contexts (Hong Kong and the US).
Abstract: In this article, the authors offer a comparative approach to the analysis of a popular internet genre – user-generated restaurant reviews – sampled from two different websites (OpenRice and Yelp), which have emerged from two different geographic contexts (Hong Kong and the US). Their investigation reveals both similarities and differences of in terms of review format, content discussed and the use of several semiotic resources, such as the posting of photographs, the use of emoticons and emoji, and the expressive use of orthography and punctuation. The authors demonstrate that, while many of the formal properties of the genre are quite similar, some variations in review content may reflect underlying cultural differences. Furthermore, they show not only how the website’s architecture can either constrain or encourage the use (or non-use) of particular semiotic resources, but also suggest that other variables (i.e. orthographic systems, review community norms) may interact with medium factors.
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TL;DR: The photographing of protests and demonstrations is crucial to both social movements and protesters who wish to communicate their identity and their messages to wider audiences as mentioned in this paper. But, the photographing is difficult and time consuming.
Abstract: Images of protests and demonstrations are crucial to both social movements and protesters who wish to communicate their identity and their messages to wider audiences. However, the photographing of...
22 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the indignados social movement (also known as M15) used distinctive symbolic and visual communication strategies to articulate their collective self-representatio(e.g.
Abstract: This article is concerned with how the indignados social movement (also known as M15) used distinctive symbolic and visual communication strategies to articulate their collective self-representatio...
20 citations
TL;DR: The authors proposes that metonymy is fundamental to visual meaning making and develops a social semiotic framework to elucidate how conceptual metonymies are realized in both static and moving images.
Abstract: This study proposes that metonymy is fundamental to visual meaning making and develops a social semiotic framework to elucidate how conceptual metonymies are realized in both static and moving imag...
20 citations
TL;DR: The authors examines visual posters and symbols constructed and circulated transnationally by various political actors to mobilize contentious politics on the issues of immigration and citizenship, and concludes that these symbols can be used to influence voters.
Abstract: This article examines visual posters and symbols constructed and circulated transnationally by various political actors to mobilize contentious politics on the issues of immigration and citizenship...
17 citations
TL;DR: This paper examined six decades (1930 to 1990) of weight loss advertising in the New York Times, using a combination of qualitative content analysis and textual analysis methods to understand how t...
Abstract: This study examines six decades (1930 to 1990) of weight loss advertising in the New York Times, using a combination of qualitative content analysis and textual analysis methods to understand how t...
13 citations
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the use of multiple semiotic resources in a multimodal text, namely a YouTube video on the Hans Brinker Budget Hotel in Amsterdam, and observe how d...
Abstract: This article seeks to explore the use of multiple semiotic resources in a multimodal text, namely a YouTube video on the Hans Brinker Budget Hotel in Amsterdam. More specifically, it observes how d...
11 citations
TL;DR: A Semiotic Landscape analysis, whereby a community or environment's signage is photographed for linguistic and visual analysis, is a useful means of discovering power relationships within that comm... as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: A Semiotic Landscape analysis, whereby a community or environment’s signage is photographed for linguistic and visual analysis, is a useful means of discovering power relationships within that comm...
11 citations
TL;DR: This paper presented a semiotic visual analysis of 48 sperm donors' baby photos from six of the largest American sperm banks, using Kress and Van Leeuwen's method of reading images.
Abstract: This article presents a semiotic visual analysis of 48 sperm donors’ baby photos from six of the largest American sperm banks, using Kress and Van Leeuwen’s method of ‘reading images’ described in ...
11 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied the influence of videos of living captives presented in the media and found that they have broad implications even beyond the boundaries of the countries involved in the depicted events.
Abstract: Videos of living captives presented in the media are extremely influential and have broad implications even beyond the boundaries of the countries involved in the depicted events. This study is the...
TL;DR: In this paper, a critical visual analysis that uses mapping and photography to explore how neoliberalism is communicated is presented, with an approach that considers geography as a visual'vernacular landscape' supporting the role of visual communication as a means to reveal deeper meanings of geography.
Abstract: This article turns to Miami, Florida’s (USA) Upper Eastside – an eclectic stretch of about 20 city blocks in one of the nation’s ‘global cities’ – for a critical visual analysis that uses mapping and photography to explore how neoliberalism is communicated. With an approach that considers geography as a visual ‘vernacular landscape’, this research further supports the role of visual communication as a means to reveal deeper meanings of geography, particularly in terms of identifying ideological qualities of the neoliberal project that are often hidden in plain view. The authors’ photographs and maps supply data for this article, which are then read through the process of ‘geosemiotics’.
TL;DR: A case analysis of a national television public service advertisement in China is drawn on to demonstrate how the concept of transitivity can be used to understand the meaning-making processes of kinetic typography.
Abstract: With the advance of computer technology, kinetic typography, the animation of moving text, is becoming widely used in human communication. Yet, to date, there have been few social semiotic and mult...
TL;DR: It has been argued that comics are a particular form of a fundamental human ability to produce visual narratives -a visual language as discussed by the authors. But the expression of this visual language has received little at
Abstract: It has been proposed that comics are a particular form of a fundamental human ability to produce visual narratives – a visual language. The expression of this visual language has received little at...
TL;DR: This paper explored the ways in which confrontations between protesters and police were pictured in the aftermath of Ian Tomlinson's death and argued that this lack of transparency contrasted with the extended visibility offered by mobile phone footage of the demonstration and contributed to the police inability to frame G20 protesters as violent agitators.
Abstract: Demonstrations which spill over into conflict have always required the police to distinguish between members of the public exercising their right to protest, and members of the public engaging in criminal activity, i.e. between ‘good protesters’ and ‘bad protesters’ (Waddington, 1999). Journalists who depended heavily upon official sources when constructing news narratives have historically reproduced these distinctions (Hall et al, 1978) and as a result images of violent protesters have frequently been used to delegitimize their claims (Juris, 2005). However a number of high profile investigations into the policing of protest in the UK mean that police officers are also being subjected to distinctions made by inquiry panels between ‘good police officers’ and ‘bad police officers’. Thus a new trope is emerging in popular print and online news narratives in which the actions of the police rather than protesters are becoming the object of the public’s attention.
These dynamics will be explored with reference to the ways in which confrontations between protesters and police were pictured in the aftermath of Ian Tomlinson’s death. It will focus in particular on the way in which images highlighting acts of concealment became a significant strand in on and off line news narrative as they developed in the years between Tomlinson’s death in 2009 and the civil suit bought against PC Harwood in 2012. It will argue that images of police officers in militarized helmets and without identity tags become synonymous with the opacity that initially characterized the police forces response to the death of Tomlinson. It will conclude by suggesting that this lack of transparency contrasted with the extended visibility offered by mobile phone footage of the demonstration and contributed to the police’s inability to frame G20 protesters as violent agitators.
TL;DR: Research is presented to support efforts to meet children’s information needs when it comes to food packaging and calls for transparent visual communication strategies which aim to improve the critical thinking skills of children, and provide a foundation for informed decision-making across a lifetime.
Abstract: Focusing on how children make food choices, this article presents research to support efforts to meet children’s information needs when it comes to food packaging. Using focus groups, the authors e...
TL;DR: In this article, wearable devices have a crucial impact on our bodies since they directly affect our appearance, however, wearable design practitioners focus more on the practical functionalities of the technology.
Abstract: Wearable devices have a crucial impact on our bodies since they directly affect our appearance. However, wearable design practitioners focus more on the practical functionalities of the technology,...
TL;DR: This visual essay presents a series of photos taken by adult cancer patients of the Hospice as a way for them to illustrate their own visualisation of their experience of this disease.
Abstract: This visual essay presents a series of photos which were the result of a more wide-ranging project conducted by the Romanian Hospice Casa Speranței in Brasov. The photos were taken by adult cancer ...
TL;DR: If experimental scientists test scientific problems by developing, programming and applying an apparatus, the experimental artists identified in this article can likewise be seen to test aesthetic and cultural problems by similarly redesigning, scaling-up and experimentally applying media technology.
Abstract: In this article, the author begins to identify a new way to understand the experiment in arts and humanities research. Focusing on the production of what Vilem Flusser calls ‘technical images’ in v...
TL;DR: The depiction of boyhood in the Western world of comics underwent a subtle transformation in the shadow of the Second World War as mentioned in this paper, and major artists of these sequential artistic texts (such as Schultz an...
Abstract: The depiction of boyhood in the Western world of comics underwent a subtle transformation in the shadow of the Second World War. Major artists of these sequential artistic texts (such as Schultz an...