Understanding Visual Communication
Jean-luc Doumont, Communication Consultant
Thu Jan 20, 10am-12:00pm, 3-270
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: none
A picture is worth a thousand words--or so the saying goes. Indeed, some pictures are much better at conveying information than words. Still, not all pictures are created equal, and the presumed power of visual communication is often misunderstood, if not misused.
Using examples taken from everyday life, the workshop takes the audience on a short journey into the very nature of visual communication. First, it clarifies the fundamental differences between pictures and text. It then proposes a double way to classify pictures, and hence to select the right visual representation for a given purpose. Finally, once a representation has been selected, it proposes ways to optimize it.
Contact: Cindy Tervalon, 5-122, x3-3371, cdernay@mit.edu
Sponsor: Teaching and Learning Lab
Latest update: 04-Jan-2005
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