A language for visuals: Design, purpose, usability

IEEE International Professional Communication Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Amare, Nicole ^a   Manning, Alan ^b  

^a Department of Pediatrics   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

INFORMATION ECONOMY; MEDIUM OF EXCHANGE; TECHNICAL COMMUNICATORS; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL VOCABULARIES;

VISUAL LANGUAGES;

EID: 58649095714     PISSN: 2158091X     EISSN: 21581002     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ipcc.2008.4610192     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (18)

1. Peirce, C.S. Collected papers, vol. 1-6, ed. Hartshorne & Weiss, vol. 7-8, ed. Burks, Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge, 1935, 1958.
2. Amare, N. and Manning, A. A Usability Model of Hypertext based on the Semiotics of C.S. Peirce, International Professional Communication Conference Proceedings, pp. 47-56, 2006.
3. Manning, A. and Amare, N. Visual-rhetoric Ethics: Beyond Accuracy and Injury, Technical Communication, vol. 53, no. 2, pp. 195-211, 2006.
4. Amare, N. and Manning, A. Using Visual Rhetoric to Avoid Power Point Pitfalls, International Professional Communication Conference Proceedings, pp. 281-287, 2005.
5. Amare, N. and Manning, A. The Language of Visuals: Text + Graphics = Visual Rhetoric, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, 50: 57-70, 2007.
6. Peirce, C.-S. Ideas, stray or stolen about scientific writing, no. 1. [from a 1904 manuscript.] Philosophy and Rhetoric 11: 147-155., 1978.
7. th ed. Boston: Wadsworth, 2005.
8. Williams, R. and J. Newton. Visual Communication: Integrating Media, Art, and Science. Philadelphia: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2007.
9. Ball, C. and K. Arola. ix tech comm: Visual Exercises for Technical Communicators. CD-ROM. New York: Bedford-St. Martins, 2005.
10. Kostelnick, C. and M. Hassett. Shaping Information: The Rhetoric of Visual Conventions. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 2003.
11. Handa, C., ed. Visual Rhetoric in a Digital World: A Critical Sourcebook. New York: Bedford-St. Martins, 2004.
12. Hill, C. and M. Helmers. Defining Visual Rhetorics. Philadelphia: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2004.
13. Kostelnick, C and D. Roberts. Designing Visual Language: Strategies for Professional Communicators. White Plains, NY: Longman, 1997.
14. http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mgs/msss/camera/images/moc-5-24-01/face/ face-E03-00824-proc.gif, accessed March 14, 2008.
15. Tufte, E. Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Narrative and Explanation. Chesire, CT: Graphics Press, 1997.
16. nd ed. Chesire, CT: Graphics Press, 2001.
17. Your Guide to Fabric-Care Symbols, http://www.sdahq.org, accessed March 14, 2008.
18. Kress, G. and van Leeuwen, T. Reading Images: The Grammar of Visual Design. London: Routledge, 2006.