Visual Language and Communication in an Emerging Global Civilization: The Ascendance of the Image.
The digital revolution alone cannot account for a shift from the dominance of language and printed words to the rule of images. What drives the rise of a post-Gutenberg, post-literary culture? Literacy remains essential; but traditional grammar, syntax and national languages must compete with the im...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of the Humanities Vol. 6; no. 12; pp. 111 - 117 |
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Common Ground Research Networks
2009
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=66188990&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 66188990 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 15IH jtl: International Journal of the Humanities maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2009 vid: 6 iid: 12 pid: 22359 pub: Common Ground Research Networks artinfo: ui: 66188990 10.18848/1447-9508/CGP/v06i12/42577 ppf: 111 ppct: 6 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 360KB tig: atl: Visual Language and Communication in an Emerging Global Civilization: The Ascendance of the Image. aug: au: Benitez, Jorge affil: Virginia Commonwealth University, VA, USA su: Visual programming languages (Computer science) Communication Civilization Language & languages Iconoclasm Radicalism Digital technology sug: subj: Visual programming languages (Computer science) Communication Civilization Language & languages Iconoclasm Radicalism Digital technology keyword: Digital Technology Global Civilization Post-Gutenberg Culture Post-Literary Culture The Rule of Images ab: The digital revolution alone cannot account for a shift from the dominance of language and printed words to the rule of images. What drives the rise of a post-Gutenberg, post-literary culture? Literacy remains essential; but traditional grammar, syntax and national languages must compete with the image-based abbreviated communications of the Internet. In order to determine whether such a development is real or even worthy of consideration, one must look at the history of iconoclasm since Plato and analyze the power of images in an age of conflict between the Word--the mainstay of ideology and religion--and a consumerist culture that relies on instant recognition and offers no dogma beyond gratification. Although many thinkers in developing and industrialized countries mistrust the idea of civilization as a racist remnant of imperialism, it remains a useful concept when discussing degrees and scales of development that exceed the definition of culture. If civilization could be reevaluated in an expanded manner, then it could be argued that early twenty-first century humans participate in what is truly the first global civilization. Lastly, what comprises a post-literary culture and how does it challenge today's ideological extremism? Is the rise of multi-religious violence (no single faith has a monopoly on terrorism) related to the word-inspired violence of twentieth-century totalitarianism and its utopian promises? How do image-based consumer societies clash with twenty-first century iconoclasm? Does this emerging global civilization have the potential to produce anything of depth at a time of diminishing resources and increasingly lethal fanaticism? This paper will consider these questions in order to offer a perspective based on the visual arts and the role of the image and visual language in communications. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of International Journal of the Humanities is the property of Common Ground Research Networks and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: International Journal of the Humanities holder: Common Ground Research Networks dt: @attributes: year: 2009 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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