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Visual Literacy

Visual Literacy is a cognitive and interpretive competency, belonging to the broader domain of literacy studies, that specifically entails the ability to critically decode, analyze, and construct visual messages and representations in diverse communicative contexts.

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Essays on the Verbal and Visual Arts

R. H. Robins, June Helm · Man · 1968 · 1.7K citations

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Picture theory: essays on verbal and visual representation

Choice Reviews Online · 1994 · 1.7K citations

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Picture Theory: Essays on Verbal and Visual Representation

Rudolf Arnheim, William J. Mitchell · Leonardo · 1995 · 1.4K citations

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Digital Literacy: A Conceptual Framework for Survival Skills in the Digital era

Yoram Eshet‐Alkalai · Journal of educational multimedia and hypermedia · 2004 · 1.3K citations

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READING IMAGES - THE GRAMMAR OF VISUAL DESIGN

Tran Thi Thuy · VNU Journal of Foreign Studies · 2017 · 861 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. SP
    Sylvia Pantaleo

    University of Victoria, Canada

    16 publications · 445 citations

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  2. FS
    Frank Serafini

    Arizona State University, United States

    10 publications · 703 citations

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  3. LU
    Len Unsworth

    Australian Catholic University, Australia

    10 publications · 569 citations

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  4. AJ
    Alan J. Koenig

    Texas Tech University, United States

    9 publications · 292 citations

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  5. EM
    Erin M. McTigue

    Texas A&M University, United States

    9 publications · 475 citations

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Institutions

1.2K

  1. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    20 h-index

    36 publications

    1.1K citations

  2. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    16 h-index

    28 publications

    1.7K citations

  3. University of Victoria

    Victoria, Canada

    15 h-index

    19 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. Purdue University West Lafayette

    West Lafayette, United States

    14 h-index

    21 publications

    887 citations

  5. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    14 h-index

    25 publications

    1.1K citations

  6. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    13 h-index

    30 publications

    2K citations

  7. Texas Tech University

    Lubbock, United States

    13 h-index

    18 publications

    521 citations

  8. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    12 h-index

    17 publications

    946 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness

    JVIB · 53 publications · 1.6K citations

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  2. Journal of Visual Literacy

    JVL · 45 publications · 1.8K citations

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  3. The Reading Teacher

    RT · 41 publications · 1.4K citations

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  4. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy

    JAAL · 21 publications · 1K citations

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  5. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

    JECP · 21 publications · 1.1K citations

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