This four-section paper begins with a brief description of videotex and the paths its development has followed during its short lifespan. The second section examines how videotex systems should present and display information, and how such information should be internally organized so that it is maximally useful for the reader/user. The analysis,…

A description is given of the structure and functional characteristics of three types of interactive computer graphic systems, developed by the Department of Computer Science at Carnegie-Mellon; a high-speed programmable display capable of displaying 50,000 short vectors, flicker free; a shaded-color video display for the display of gray-scale…

The use of quantitative graphics in newspapers requires achieving a balance between being accurate and getting the attention of the reader. The statistical representations in newspapers are drawn by graphic designers whose key technique is fusion--the striking combination of two visual images. This technique often results in visual puns,…

Intended for use by all printing (graphic arts) instructors in the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, this guide provides a sequential listing of course content and scope. A course description provides a brief overview of the content of the courses offered in the printing (graphic arts) program. General course objectives are then listed.…

A study was conducted to examine newspaper readers' responses to front page design and to explore the perceived differences among traditional, modern, and modular formats of newspaper design. Slides of the front pages of 10 pairs of competing daily newspapers were shown to 91 journalism students. After viewing three slides for each paper, subjects…

The semantic differential ratings of ten typefaces given by a group of 24 subjects were factor analyzed to discover what connotative meanings laypeople applied to typefaces and how these meanings compared with those of professional typographers. The typefaces, five from general categories and five from novelty categories of display typefaces, were…

INDUSTRIAL ARTS, IN THE CURRICULUM OF THE MODERN HIGH SCHOOL, SHOULD TEACH THE PRINCIPLES, TECHNIQUES, AND APPRECIATION OF SELECTED TRADES AND CRAFTS AS THEY ARE ENCOUNTERED IN OUR PRESENT INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY. SOME OF THE GOALS OF THE SHOP MANUAL ARE TO ALLOW THE STUDENT TO EVALUATE HIS TECHNICAL ABILITY, TO APPLY SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES TO…

This paper documents and describes a new course in visual communications developed at the University of Oklahoma to serve a general college undergraduate audience. The course content which is summarized in three areas--graphics and media techniques, visual/verbal message design and delivery, and "pure visual" message design and delivery--is…

The objective of this study was to develop a library of taped interviews with contemporary American painters, sculptors and graphic artists. Seventy-nine interviews were collected, their value being based on the assumptions that the medium of the taped interview would increase the quality and frequency of contact between art student and…

Several intermediate performance objectives and corresponding criterion measures are listed for each of 12 terminal objectives for a basic commercial and advertising art course. The materials were developed for a two-semester (2 hours daily) course to enable tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grade students to develop competencies in the care and use of…

The essays in this book concern successful experiences with interdisciplinary education during the 1972-73 school year at the Humanities Center in Richmond, Virginia. The first section of the book focuses briefly on the program's seven humanities-related subjects (including the directors of each subject): filmmaking; printmaking; mime, dance and…

Many of the references in this bibliography are followed by a listing of ERIC descriptors to indicate the contents. The literature is pertinent to educational facilities design in providing for visual orientation, comprehension, and response to the physical environment. Listed items are presented in two sections: (1) human physiological,…

A total of 68 introductory graphic arts students were involved in this two-group controlled experiment. One group was assigned illustrated and the other non-illustrated procedure sheets to supplement closed circuit televised instruction and one instructor. Pretests and posttests were administered to determine the relative effectiveness of each…

A 45-hour three-unit course in research design, data collection techniques, and research report writing was prepared and taught to vocational/technology instructors. The course emphasized the relationship of design and data to the final reports in terms of techniques used. As a result of teaching the course, a second syllabus was developed…