COM 307 - RHETORIC OF VISUAL MEDIA

Institution:

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Subject:

Communication Studies

Description:

This course explores the power of mediated images in culture and society. The history of images and their relationship to language and performance is examined and a definition of visual rhetoric in a variety of contexts is investigated. The relationship between visual rhetoric and digital technology will be discussed. How human beings use and interpret both still and moving images to communicate, as well as the role of images in establishing cultural identity and ideology will be considered. Finally, this course will examine the effects imagery has on an audience in terms of self identity, and self esteem.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.kutztown.edu/

Phone Number:

(610) 683-4000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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