Using Visual Evidence

<ul>
<li> What do we mean by ‘visual evidence’? </li>
<li> How should we interpret visual texts, and what can they tell us? </li>
<li> Why is ‘visual literacy’ so important and what benefits does it offer?</li>
</ul> Visual evidence encompasses a diverse range of media, from painting, cartoons and photography, to film, television and documentary. The central argument of this book is that visual evidence is a key to understanding both history and the present day and should not be relegated to a supporting role as merely illustrating the written word. The book shows students, scholars and researchers how to read the visual media to elicit meaning. As primary sources, visual texts can be studied not only for what is directly depicted in the painting or film but also for what it tells us about the people, cultures and societies that made them.
 Each chapter features fascinating case studies and examples which situate theory in real life. A major appeal of the book is the wealth of illustrations and photographs of visual texts which are included throughout. The authors make detailed reference to these examples to illustrate the theory surrounding visual evidence. An intriguing case study of an unknown girl’s photo album is just one of many examples offered, showing how we can analyze and learn from the visual text.
 This comprehensive and insightful edited collection brings together international media and cultural theorists, historians and art historians to demonstrate the value of visual evidence not only to media and cultural studies, but also to history, the general humanities and the social sciences.

Politics & Social Sciences

Howells,Richard

Matson, Robert W.

Social Sciences

Open Univ Pr

"The scope of this collection is impressively broad, offering international, albeit North American and Western European, perspectives on a diverse range of visual evidence useful for scholars in a number of fields, from history to media studies and social sciences." Erin Bell, University of Lincoln,UK "...two media historians-drawing upon years of detailed research-have compiled a definitive anthology. Clearly, Using Visual Evidence presents a unique interpretation of historical analysis where thirteen writers, under the editorship of Richard Howells and Robert W. Matson, offer strong ideas about a subject that is often overlooked...With numerous illustrations, meticulous case studies, and selective photographs, Using Visual Evidence - a welcome breath of fresh air - is a wonderful addition to media studies." Film and History 
<ul>
<li> What do we mean by ‘visual evidence’? </li>
<li> How should we interpret visual texts, and what can they tell us? </li>
<li> Why is ‘visual literacy’ so important and what benefits does it offer?</li>
</ul> Visual evidence encompasses a diverse range of media, from painting, cartoons and photography, to film, television and documentary. The central argument of this book is that visual evidence is a key to understanding both history and the present day and should not be relegated to a supporting role as merely illustrating the written word. The book shows students, scholars and researchers how to read the visual media to elicit meaning. As primary sources, visual texts can be studied not only for what is directly depicted in the painting or film but also for what it tells us about the people, cultures and societies that made them.
 Each chapter features fascinating case studies and examples which situate theory in real life. A major appeal of the book is the wealth of illustrations and photographs of visual texts which are included throughout. The authors make detailed reference to these examples to illustrate the theory surrounding visual evidence. An intriguing case study of an unknown girl’s photo album is just one of many examples offered, showing how we can analyze and learn from the visual text.
 This comprehensive and insightful edited collection brings together international media and cultural theorists, historians and art historians to demonstrate the value of visual evidence not only to media and cultural studies, but also to history, the general humanities and the social sciences.

Humor & Entertainment

Movies

Open University Press

Visual Culture

This is a revised, expanded, and updated edition of the highly successful Visual Culture. Like its predecessor, this new version is about visual literacy, exploring how meaning is both made and transmitted in an increasingly visual world. It is designed to introduce students and other interested readers to the analysis of all kinds of visual text, whether drawings, paintings, photographs, films, advertisements, television or new media forms. The book is illustrated with examples that range from medieval painting to contemporary advertising images, and is written in a lively and engaging style. The first part of the book takes the reader through differing theoretical approaches to visual analysis, and includes chapters on iconology, form, art history, ideology, semiotics and hermeneutics. The second part shifts from a theoretical to a medium-based approach and comprises chapters on fine art, photography, film, television and new media. These chapters are connected by an underlying theme about the complex relationship between visual culture and reality. New for the second edition are ten more theoretically advanced Key Debate sections, which conclude each chapter by provoking readers to set off and think for themselves. Prominent among the new provocateurs are Kant, Baudrillard, Althusser, Deleuze, Benjamin, and Foucault. New examples and illustrations have also been added, together with updated suggestions for further reading. The book draws together seemingly diverse approaches, while ultimately arguing for a polysemic approach to visual analysis. Building on the success of the first edition, this new edition continues to provide an ideal introduction for students taking courses in visual culture and communications in a wide range of disciplines, including media and cultural studies, sociology, art and design.

Arts & Photography

Negreiros, Joaquim

History & Criticism

Polity

Polity Pr

IELTS Express Intermediate Teacher's Guide + DVD

Lisboa, Martin

Unwin, Mark

Cengage ELT

IELTS Express is a two-level preparation course for students at intermediate (4 - 5.5) and Upper Intermediate (5.5 - 7) levels. This popular IELTS preparation course has been completely revised. The Student's Book has been redesigned and almost all of the photographs, graphs and charts have been replaced. All of the reading and listening texts have been updated or are new.

IELTS Express Upper Intermediate Coursebook (IELTS Express: The Fast Track to IELTS Success)

Reference

English as a Second Language

Heinle ELT

IELTS Express Intermediate: The Fast Track to IELTS Success (IELTS Express: The Fast Track to IELTS Success)

Test Preparation

TOEFL & TOEIC

This is a book about how to read visual images: from fine art to photography, film, television and new media. It explores how meaning is communicated by the wide variety of texts that inhabit our increasingly visual world. But, rather than simply providing set meanings to individual images, Visual Culture teaches readers how to interpret visual texts with their own eyes. While the first part of the book takes readers through differing theoretical approaches to visual analysis, the second part shifts to a medium-based analysis, connected by an underlying theme about the complex relationship between visual culture and reality. Howells and Negreiros draw together seemingly diverse methodologies, while ultimately arguing for a polysemic approach to visual analysis. The third edition of this popular book contains over fifty illustrations, for the first time in colour. Included in the revised text is a new section on images of power, fear and seduction, a new segment on video games, as well as fresh material on taste and judgement. This timely edition also offers a glossary and suggestions for further reading. Written in a clear, lively and engaging style, Visual Culture continues to be an ideal introduction for students taking courses in visual culture and communications in a range of disciplines, including media and cultural studies, sociology, and art and design.

The primary purpose of this book is to assist students of occupational health and safety law. It will also be useful to both undergraduate and postgraduate students who have an interest in this area. It is a valuable reference book for practitioners in health and safety as well as personnel managers. The text draws heavily on legislation and law reports, but some references to other materials are made when this has seemed to the authors to be an appropriate way of developing, explaining or commenting on the essential legal materials.The presentation is thematic. Accident prevention and accident compensation are both covered and this in itself suggests two major themes - namely the respective roles of the criminal and civil law in encouraging the operation of safe systems at the work place. Within these themes the role of the European Union, the UK Parliament and European and UK courts of law have to be accommodated. The intention of the book is to present the law, therefore it makes necessary references to technical standards; but it does include extracts from official Codes of Practice and Guidance on the interpretation of regulatory materials.

Cases & Materials On Occupational Health And Safety Law

Barrett, Brenda

BARRETT

Environmental & Natural Resources Law

Routledge-Cavendish

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