Iconic communication / edited by Masoud Yazdani, Philip Barker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barker, Philip G.

Yazdani, Masoud, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Visual communication.

Signs and symbols.

Iconicity (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK ; Portland, OR, USA : Intellect, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Our society is becoming a more visual culture day-by-day. This book offers detailed analyses of how to combine words with pictures to communicate clearly across cultural barriers. While some information is better communicated by one kind of media than another, some information is communicated most effectively through a combination of media. This book presents a critical framework within which iconic communication systems can be developed to truly bridge linguistic and cultural gaps and to provide effective computer-based systems for conveying information on a global scale. With valuable insigh

Contents:

Contents; Preface; 1. Human Communication Processes - Philip Barker; 2. On the Possibility and Impossibility of a Universal Iconic Communication System - Andrew J King; 3. The Limits Of Iconic Communication - John Roscoe; 4. Some Pictorial Symbol Systems for Public Places - Ian McLaren; 5. Double Vision - Michelle Gausman and Clive Chizlett; 6. Communication through Icons - Masoud Yazdani; 7. Do You See What I'm Saying? - Stuart Mealing; 8. Icon Text: An Exploration of the Limitations of Iconic Languages - Colin Beardon; 9. Visualisation of Textual Structures[1] - Graziella Tonfoni

10. The Augmentation of Textual Communication with User-created Icons - Leon Cruickshank and Lon Barfield 11. VIL: A Visual Inter Lingua - Lee Becker and Paul Leemans; 12. Icons in the Mind - Philip Barker and Paul van Schaik; 13. Designing and Evaluating Icons - Philip Barker and Paul van Schaik; 14. Evaluating Appropriate Interface Metaphors - Paul Honeywill

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-280-47649-4

9786610476497

1-84150-818-7

OCLC:

70735366