Graphesis : visual forms of knowledge production

Graphesis visual forms of knowledge production

Image, interpretation, and interfaceInterpreting visualization/Visualizing interpretation -- Interface and interpretation -- Designing graphic interpretation.

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1. Verfasser: Drucker, Johanna (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, Mass. u.a. Harvard Univ. Press 2014
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Schlagworte:
Visual communication > Digital communications > Visual analytics > Graphic arts > Information visualization > Informationsgrafik > Schnittstelle > Visuelle Kommunikation > Datenübertragung > Visual Analytics > Grafik > Wissensvermittlung
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Zusammenfassung:Image, interpretation, and interfaceInterpreting visualization/Visualizing interpretation -- Interface and interpretation -- Designing graphic interpretation.
Graphesis provides a descriptive critical language for the analysis of graphical knowledge. In an interdisciplinary study fusing digital humanities with media studies and graphic design history, Drucker outlines the principles by which visual formats organize meaningful content. Among the most significant of these formats is the graphical user interface (GUI)--the dominant feature of the screens of nearly all consumer electronic devices. Because so much of our personal and professional lives is mediated through visual interfaces, it is important to start thinking critically about how they shape knowledge, our behavior, and even our identity. Information graphics bear tell-tale signs of the disciplines in which they originated: statistics, business, and the empirical sciences. Drucker makes the case for studying visuality from a humanistic perspective, exploring how graphic languages can serve fields where qualitative judgments take priority over quantitative statements of fact.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references
Beschreibung:214 S.
Ill., graph. Darst.
21 cm
ISBN:9780674724938
978-0-674-72493-8