Shaping Information
The Rhetoric of Visual Conventions
Southern Illinois University Press
Published on 1. October 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-8093-2503-0 (ISBN)
Description
In this wide-ranging analysis, the authors demonstrate how visual language in professional communication - text design, data displays, illustrations - is shaped by conventional practices that are invented, codified and modified by users in visual discourse communities.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Carbondale
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
92 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8093-2503-0 (9780809325030)
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Persons
Author
Professor and Chair, Department of English, Iowa State University, USA
Director of Implementation, Envision Technology Solutions, Midvale, Utah, USA