Toward a Cohesive Theory of Visual Literacy

Journal of Visual Literacy

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1-19

  Avgerinou, Maria D ^a   Pettersson, Rune ^b  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

visual language; visual learning; visual literacy; visual literacy theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874483567     PISSN: 1051144X     EISSN: 23796529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23796529.2011.11674687     Document Type: Article

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