The Politics of the Superficial : Visual Rhetoric and the Protocol of Display /

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In The Politics of the Superficial: Visual Rhetoric and the Protocol of Display, Brett Ommen explores the increasing reliance on images as a mode of communication in contemporary life. He shows that graphic design is a layered experience of images and space. Before images, viewers engage in the pers...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ommen, Brett (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Visual communication > Political aspects.
Rhetoric > Political aspects.
PSYCHOLOGY > Social Psychology.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Rhetoric.
Discours politique.
Communication visuelle > Aspect politique.
Semiotics > Political aspects.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the visual colonization of surface
  • Spanning design's surface
  • First things first : graphic design and meaning
  • The protocol of display
  • The public chamber of fear
  • The politics of the superficial
  • Conclusions and caveats.

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