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Barton, Ben F.; Barton, Marthalee S. – Iowa State Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 1987
Reviews notions of visual simplicity found within the literature of the analytical framework provided by Charles Morris' communication model. Examines Morris' syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic communication levels. (AEW)
Descriptors: Cohesion (Written Composition), Communications, Graphic Arts, Illustrations
Braden, Roberts A., Ed.; And Others – 1990
These proceedings contain 37 papers from 51 authors noted for their expertise in the field of visual literacy. The collection is divided into three sections: (1) "Examining Visual Literacy" (including, in addition to a 7-year International Visual Literacy Association bibliography covering the period from 1983-1989, papers on the perception of…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Creativity, Data Interpretation, Instructional Design
Vrasidas, Charalambos; Lantz, Chris – 1995
This paper describes a study in which a Picture Readability Index (PRI) was used to investigate initial and extended perceptions of photographs. Readability criteria for evaluating instructional text seems to have been in place for a long time, yet instructional visuals like photographs and illustrations have typically been subject to no such…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Testing, Evaluation Criteria