Abstract

From petroglyphs on cave walls to pictures posted on Facebook walls, images are part of our world. Today’s college students are referred to as the digital generation, even as visual experts and that they prefer their graphics before their text. But are they visually literate and to what degree? This paper offers a reconceptualization and measure of the value of visual literacy in learning for today’s college student and their ability to recognize and understand meaning from images.

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Siu Challons-Lipton
Executive Director and Professor of Art History, Department of Art, Design and Music, Queens Univeristy of Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

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Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Theme

The Image in Society

KEYWORDS

Visual literacy, Digital generation, Images, Learning, College students

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