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The importance of spirituality in shaping contemporary visual
culture has mostly been disregarded. Mentioning art and spirit in
the same sentence was considered embarrassing. In contrast, most of
the significant twentieth-century art movements developed in
conjunction with spiritual inspiration. This book explores the
topic through the lenses of media ecology, art history, and
psychology. Media ecology is a theory that media shapes how
messages are delivered. The non-commercial nature of spiritual
concepts would prevent messages from being offered through
commercial media. As a result, many respected artists whose works
are familiar have escaped understanding because people haven't yet
pierced the spiritual history of modern art. Images once considered
devoid of meaning are now being re-examined in terms of their
spiritual underpinnings. Kandinsky thought that he could correct
nineteenth-century materialism by replacing it with
twentieth-century spirituality. However, it was not until the
twenty-first century that modern art's spiritual value started to
be publicly recognized through scholarship and gallery exhibits.
Abstraction provides the opportunity to explore design as a
psychological self-revelation of the artist. Automatic drawing,
once a tool for spirit messages, became a psychological method with
the introduction of Surrealism. Psychology introduced the notion of
creative dissociation to replace the idea of mediumship as a basis
for art created in altered states. Art, as a personal and reflexive
expression, can be used to steady our culture from one that denies
spirituality to one that embraces it. We can all use artistic
techniques to become more balanced people. Spiritual and
psychological artistic techniques created the world of art we
experience today. Understanding these influences can help us to
better know the world in which we live.
The importance of spirituality in shaping contemporary visual
culture has mostly been disregarded. Mentioning art and spirit in
the same sentence was considered embarrassing. In contrast, most of
the significant twentieth-century art movements developed in
conjunction with spiritual inspiration. This book explores the
topic through the lenses of media ecology, art history, and
psychology. Media ecology is a theory that media shapes how
messages are delivered. The non-commercial nature of spiritual
concepts would prevent messages from being offered through
commercial media. As a result, many respected artists whose works
are familiar have escaped understanding because people haven't yet
pierced the spiritual history of modern art. Images once considered
devoid of meaning are now being re-examined in terms of their
spiritual underpinnings. Kandinsky thought that he could correct
nineteenth-century materialism by replacing it with
twentieth-century spirituality. However, it was not until the
twenty-first century that modern art's spiritual value started to
be publicly recognized through scholarship and gallery exhibits.
Abstraction provides the opportunity to explore design as a
psychological self-revelation of the artist. Automatic drawing,
once a tool for spirit messages, became a psychological method with
the introduction of Surrealism. Psychology introduced the notion of
creative dissociation to replace the idea of mediumship as a basis
for art created in altered states. Art, as a personal and reflexive
expression, can be used to steady our culture from one that denies
spirituality to one that embraces it. We can all use artistic
techniques to become more balanced people. Spiritual and
psychological artistic techniques created the world of art we
experience today. Understanding these influences can help us to
better know the world in which we live.
Mediated interpersonal communication is one of the most dynamic
areas in communication studies, reflecting how individuals utilize
technology more and more often in their personal interactions.
Organizations also rely increasingly on mediated interaction for
their communications. Responding to this evolution in
communication, this collection explores how existing and new
personal communication technologies facilitate and change
interpersonal interactions. Chapters offer in-depth examinations of
mediated interpersonal communication in various contexts and
applications. Contributions come from well-known scholars based
around the world, reflecting the strong international interest and
work in the area.
Once only a sign, technologies have helped to transform brands into
symbols that we constantly encounter in our natural and mediated
environments. Moreover, the branding of culture marks a
commercialization of society. Almost everywhere we look, a brand
name or logo appears. By combining a scholarly approach with case
studies and examples, this text bridges the worlds of communication
and business by providing a single vocabulary in which to discuss
branding. It brings these ideas together into a coherent framework
to enable discussions on the topic to occur in a variety of
disciplines. A number of perspectives are also provided, including
brands as signs and symbols, brand personality, history,
communication, cognitive factors, loyalty, personal branding,
community, and social issues. Providing a comprehensive overview of
the branding process - from the creation of brands to analysis of
their messages - readers will begin to understand the communicative
impact of branding.
Technological changes have radically altered the ways in which
people use visual images. Since the invention of photography,
imagery has increasingly been used for entertainment, journalism,
information, medical diagnostics, instruction, branding and
communication. These functions move the image beyond aesthetic
issues associated with art and into the realm of communication
studies. This introductory textbook introduces students to the
terminology of visual literacy, methods for analyzing visual media,
and theories on the relationship between visual communication and
culture. Exploring the meanings associated with visual symbols and
the relationship of visual communication to culture, this book
provides students with a better understanding of the visually
oriented world in which they live. From cave art to virtual
reality, all visual media are discussed with methods for
evaluation. Student-friendly features such as boxed topics, key
terms, web resources, and suggestions for exercises are provided
throughout.
Once only a sign, technologies have helped to transform brands into
symbols that we constantly encounter in our natural and mediated
environments. Moreover, the branding of culture marks a
commercialization of society. Almost everywhere we look, a brand
name or logo appears. By combining a scholarly approach with case
studies and examples, this text bridges the worlds of communication
and business by providing a single vocabulary in which to discuss
branding. It brings these ideas together into a coherent framework
to enable discussions on the topic to occur in a variety of
disciplines. A number of perspectives are also provided, including
brands as signs and symbols, brand personality, history,
communication, cognitive factors, loyalty, personal branding,
community, and social issues. Providing a comprehensive overview of
the branding process - from the creation of brands to analysis of
their messages - readers will begin to understand the communicative
impact of branding.
Socializing the Classroom: Social Networks and Online Learning, by
Susan B. Barnes, examines how social media can be used in education
through two research grants and real-world applications. Barnes
analyzes social media including Facebook, Courseware, and Second
Life, while providing a theoretical foundation for examining social
software. A new generation of students is surrounded by digital
technologies, leading scholars and teachers to consider virtual
worlds to engage students. By bringing together
human-computer-interaction theories with social theory, Socializing
the Classroom creates a theoretical foundation for future research
in the area of social media, online learning technologies, and the
development of social networks. Readers will gain a better
understanding of how students use online learning environments to
communicate task-oriented messages and maintain social
interactions. This is an essential text for scholars, students, and
those interested in social networks and the implementation of
technology in education.
Mediated interpersonal communication is one of the most dynamic
areas in communication studies, reflecting how individuals utilize
technology more and more often in their personal interactions.
Organizations also rely increasingly on mediated interaction for
their communications. Responding to this evolution in
communication, this collection explores how existing and new
personal communication technologies facilitate and change
interpersonal interactions. Chapters offer in-depth examinations of
mediated interpersonal communication in various contexts and
applications. Contributions come from well-known scholars based
around the world, reflecting the strong international interest and
work in the area.
This book won the Erving Goffman Award for Outstanding Scholarship
in the Ecology of Social Interaction 2014 Technological changes
have radically altered the ways in which people use visual images.
One such impact has been the transformation of
computer-mediated-communication (CMC) into social networking. With
a focus on social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace,
Second Life, and YouTube, this book describes the theoretical and
historical background of computer-mediated communication alongside
the cultural changes occurring with the introduction of digital
media in society. Designed for students, this text introduces CMC
terminology, methods for analyzing online exchanges, and theories
on the relationship between CMC, social networks, and culture. By
exploring both the meanings associated with CMC and social
networks, and the relationship of CMC to culture, the goal of this
text is to provide students with methods to better understand the
socially-oriented world in which they live and to understand the
characteristics that make social networks successful. Special
features including terms, examples, CMC theory, and suggestions for
student exercises.
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