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Pictorial Communication In Virtual And Real Environmentsby Stephen Ellis
CRC Press 1991; US$ 79.95Based on the Conference on Spatial Displays and Spatial Instruments held at the Asilomar Conference Center in 1987, this work focuses on the geometry of pictorial graphics for computers and the tools with which to control them. more...
Visual Information For Everyday Useby T. Boersema; H. Hoonhout; H. Zwaga; Paul Stiff
Taylor & Francis 1998; US$ 34.95Creating graphical commmunication for public use represents both a large industry and a fertile area for research and development. In this collection, world figures within the interdisciplinary field of public graphics present a late-1990s looks at more...
The Language of Humourby Alison Ross
Routledge 1998; US$ 26.95This accessible textbook is unique in offering students hands-on, practical experience of textual analysis focused on the language of humour. It combines practical activities with texts, commentaries and further activity suggestions. more...
Narrative and Mediaby Helen Fulton; Rosemary Huisman; Julian Murphet; Anne Dunn
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 30.00This book explains the essentials of narrative theory by applying it to media texts which are very accessible to student readers, particularly film, television, and advertising. This book provides an introduction to both narrative theory and media studies, addressed to undergraduate and postgraduate students in literature, communication, and media studies. more...
The Image Factoryby Paul Frosh
Berg Publishers 2003; US$ 109.95Quietly but implacably, powerful transnational corporations are gaining power over our visual world. A 'global, visual content industry' increasingly controls images supplied to advertisers, marketers and designers, yet so far the process has, parado xically, evaded the public eye. This book is the first to expose the interior workings of the visual content industry, which produces approximately 70% of the images that define consumer cultures. The corporate acquisition of major photographic and f ilm archives, as well as the digital rights to much of the worlds fine art, is having a profound effect on what we see. From stock photography to new technologies, this book powerfully engages with the historical and cultural issues relating to visua... more...
Defining Visual Rhetorics by Charles A. Hill; Marguerite Helmers
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates 2004; US$ 59.95Studing the relationship of visual images to persuasion, this book analyzes a wide variety of visual modes of communication that demonstrate some of the variety among the many kinds of texts that could be considered instances of visual rhetoric. more...
Representing the Familyby D. Chambers
Sage Publications Ltd. 2001; US$ 57.00Looking at how the family is represented by the media, and by scrutinizing the manner in which it is regulated, this book uncovers the ways in which academic research and welfare policy have colluded with political rhetoric and the popular media to re-invent a mythical ideal family. more...
Visual Methodologiesby G. Rose
Sage Publications Ltd. 2001; US$ 42.95This book is an introduction to reading visual culture. It explains which methods are available to the undergraduate student and shows exactly how to use them. The book begins with a discussion of general themes and recent debates, on the meaning of culture and the function of the visual, that offers a critical inquiry into the relation of visual images to social identities and social relations. more...
Handbook of Visual Communicationby Kenneth L. Smith; Sandra Moriarty; Gretchen Barbatsis; Keith Kenney
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates 2004; US$ 93.95An overview of the research methodologies in visual communication. It includes an examination of theories common to visual communication, the traditional methodologies used in these theoretical areas, and innovative methodologies that extend the traditional research boundaries. more...