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Visual literacy after 9/11.
Abstract
Both the events of September 11 and the media images now associated with that day underscore the importance of focusing on visual literacy in college writing courses. Students need to be able to examine images critically and to recognize bow representations in any form are constructed or mediated. When dealing with images associated with national crises, however, instructors may need to adjust their expectations of academic discourse by providing opportunities for students to respond personally, as well as critically, to emotionally disturbing events. In the early twenty-first century, visual literacy may require new ways of seeing--for the instructor as ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Visual literacy after 9/11.