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First Year Writing: WRTG 1150

Program for Writing and Rhetoric
Reading Themes

 

Visual Literacy

     

    1. Alvermann, Donna E.
      Critical media literacy: Research, theory, and practice in 'new times.'
      The Journal of Educational Research, v. 93 i.3 (Jan/Feb 2000):193-205.

    2. Berger, John.
      The White Bird.
      Harper's Magazine, v.300 n.1801 (June 2000): 50-54.

    3. Birdsell, David, and Groarcke, Leo.
      Toward a theory of visual argument.
      Argumentation and Advocacy, v.33 i.1 (Summer 1996): 1 (10).

    4. Blair, J. Anthony.
      The possibility and actuality of visual arguments.
      Argumentation and Advocacy, v.33 i.1 (Summer96): 17.

    5. Fleming, David.
      Can pictures be arguments?
      Argumentation and Advocacy, v. 33 i.1 (Summer 1996): 11 (12).

    6. Hoffmann, Gregg.
      Visual Literacy Needed in the 21st Century.
      Etc., v. 57 i.2 (Summer 2000): 219-22.

    7. Miller, Mark Crispin.
      TV: The Nature of the Beast.
      The Nation, v.266 n.21 (18 June 1998): 11-14.

    8. Okrent, Daniel.
      No Picture Tells the Truth. The Best Do Better Than That.
      New York Times (9 January 2004): Section 4 / p2.

    9. Rhodes, Richard.
      The Media-Violence Myth.
      Rolling Stone, no. 854 (23 Nov. 2000): 55-58.

    10. Sobchack, Vivian.
      The insistent fringe: Moving images and historical consciousness.
      History and Theory, v. 36 i4 (December 1997): 4-20.

    11. Sontag, Susan.
      A Century of Cinema.
      Parnassus: Poetry in Review, v.22 n.1/2 (1997): 23-8.

    12. Sontag, Susan.
      Regarding The Torture Of Others
      New York Times Magazine, ( May 23, 2004): 24-30.
      Select the PDF Full Text link to read article

    13. Stevens, Lisa Patel.
      South Park and society: Instructional and curricular implications of popular culture in the classroom.
      Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, v. 44 i.6 (March 2001): 548-55.

    14. Strasburger, Victor, C. and Edward Donnerstein.
      Children, adolescents, and the media: Issues and solutions.
      Pediatrics, v. 103 n. 1 (Jan 1999): 129-139.

     

    Web Sites

    1. Visual Rhetoric
      http://www.cla.purdue.edu/people/engl/dblakesley/visual/

    2. Ariel Gore, TV Can Be A Good Parent
      http://www.salon.com/mwt/hot/1999/08/16/tvrant/