Fovea: Bringing Visual Communication into Focus
The fovea is that part of your eye that allows you to focus on objects in the world around you. That is just what this podcast does. It focuses on perception, images, and visual media from a communication perspective. Tune in and get ready to focus!
Episodes
4 episodes
Why We Read: "How Culture Conditions the Colours We See" by Umberto Eco
In this episode, we explore Umberto Eco's argument that semiotics offers a powerful explanation for how culture shapes perception. We see color, it seems, naturally and automatically. You look, you recognize, and that's the end of it. We ...
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Episode 4
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21:08
Why We Read Reading Images: The Grammar of Visual Design
We bring you another installment in the "Why We Read" series. Did you know that researchers estimate we are exposed to as many as 5,000 advertisements a day...
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Episode 3
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23:30
Why We Read "Avoiding Bad Faith in Visual Representation."
In this installment of Why We Read, we focus on Borgersen and Schroeder's (2002) essay, Ethical Issues of Global Marketing: Avoiding Bad Faith in Visual Representation. What is bad faith? Why is it bad for you and other people around you?...
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Episode 2
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23:12
Why We Read: "A Cultural Approach to Communication" by James Carey
In this inaugural episode of the "Why We Read" series, we focus on James Carey's argument for a "cultural approach to communication." What does he mean when he says communication isn't about information, it's about ritual? What was so imp...
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Episode 1
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