The Handbook of Visual Analysis is a rich methodological resource for students, academics, researchers and professionals interested in investigating the visual representation of socially significant issues.
The Handbook :
· Offers a wide-range of methods for visual analysis: content analysis, historical analysis, structuralist analysis, iconography, psychoanalysis, social semiotic analysis, film analysis and ethnomethodology
· Shows how each method can be applied for the purposes of specific research projects.
· Exemplifies each approach through detailed analyses of a variety of data, including, newspaper images, family photos, drawings, art works and cartoons.
· Includes examples from the authors′ own research and professional practice.
The Handbook of Visual Analysis which demonstrates the importance of visual data within the social sciences offers an essential guide to those working in a range of disciplines including: media and communication studies, sociology, anthropology, education, psychoanalysis, and health studies.
قائمة المحتويات
Introduction
Content Analysis of Visual Images – Philip Bell
Approaches to Analysis in Visual Anthropology – Malcolm Collier
Seeing beyond Belief – Martin Lister and Liz Wells
Cultural Studies as an Approach to Analyzing the Visual
Semiotics and Iconography – Theo van Leeuwen
A Therapeutic Perspective – Gertraud Diem-Wille
The Use of Drawings in Child Psychoanalysis and Social Science
Visual Meaning – Carey Jewitt and Rumiko Oyama
A Social Semiotic Approach
Practices of Seeing, Visual Analysis – Charles Goodwin
An Ethnomethodological Approach
Analyzing Film and Television – Rick Iedema
A Social Semiotic Account of ′Hospital: An Unhealthy Business′
عن المؤلف
My research interests centre around three areas of specialization:1) Research theory and methodologies: Visual and Multimodal research and and Video-based research2) Technology mediated teaching and learning: notably its affect on classroom practices, and subject knowledge3) Multimodal school based research: with a focus on urban schooling, identities, policy and curriculum Recent research project areas include: the development of multimodal methods for researching digital data and environments, the effects of government technology initiatives on learning in the secondary school and the home, and the changing practices of teaching and learning in the classroom.