Essays about: "visual metaphors"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words visual metaphors.

  1. 1. Environmentalist Metaphors in Tales from Outer Suburbia : Supporting students' visual literacy skills by analysing Shaun Tan's pictures

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Patricia Svensson; [2021]
    Keywords : pictorial metaphors; environmentalism; Shaun Tan; visual literacy; English language learning;

    Abstract : As the impact of pictures in everyday life and literature is increasing, so is the importance of visual literacy skills. This essay combines theories of visual literacy, pictorial metaphor, image analysis and environmentalism to analyse visual literacy in relation to how Shaun Tan’s pictures create metaphorical ideas related to the environment in Tales from Outer Suburbia. READ MORE

  3. 2. Visualised Instructions for Movement Teaching: A Case Study on Visual Cueing in Follow-Along Bodyweight Video Training

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : Alessandra Semeraro; [2021]
    Keywords : Visual cueing; video-mediated bodyweight training; visual metaphors;

    Abstract : Video-based physical training has gained popularity over the years, among both sports practitioners and HCI researchers, whose works ranged from offering computer-assisted solutions for self-correction, to enhancing the learning experience of trainees. This thesis focused on the latter, by investigating the communicative potential of three categories of visual coaching cues and their impact on movement learning, as well as by deriving methodological considerations for similar works. READ MORE

  4. 3. Welcoming Strangers : a study about digitalized hospitality visuals of Airbnb and Couchsurfing dwellings

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Anna Puzanova; [2020]
    Keywords : tourism; hospitality; Airbnb; Couchsurfing; digital media; visual analysis; visual culture of hospitality; privacy; metaphors; viewer’s gaze; work of imagination; aestheticization; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : We live in a digitalized world where visuals are as essential to us as they have never been. Tourism and hospitality are not an exception here but rather examples of huge dependence on visual culture. READ MORE

  5. 4. The use of semiotics and pragmatics in printed advertisements : How consumers make sense of advertisements in relation to established theories

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Emma Månsson; [2018]
    Keywords : Advertisement; Advertising; Printed Advertisements; Semiotics; Pragmatics; Swedish Women;

    Abstract : This essay is a study which is intended to explore how a well-known makeup company, M.A.C., uses semiotics and pragmatics in their advertisements and how the consumer’s reaction corresponds with what is proposed in the theories. READ MORE

  6. 5. Metaphor and Metonymy Related to the Concept of Anger in the Television Series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Marleen Hermansson; [2018]
    Keywords : Pictorial runes; visual metaphors; animated film; manga; multimodality;

    Abstract : This study explores uses of metaphor and metonymy related to the concept of anger in the American television series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from 2012. The theoretical framework of the study is Conceptual Metaphor Theory. The data consists of metaphors and metonymies in the verbal and the pictorial mode. READ MORE