Print is not dead
Print is not Dead
CGD218: Visual Literacy in Business
June 25, 2012
Print is not Dead
(picture would not download, but is available on-line at miniclip it is a three strip cartoon with two characters and a sarcophagus)
© Copyright 2001 - 2012 Miniclip SA. All rights reserved. Cartoons and illustrations are typically viewed as children’s entertainment, or a weekend nostalgic enjoyment for an adult, however, this form of print has been proven to be much more than simple entertainment. For example, according the on-line article Top 10 Military Stories of 2011; the U.S. Defense Department's research wing has been using cartoons to help veterans suffering with post-traumatic stress disorder by working through their personal relationship to war by posting their comic on-line (Castro, 2011). The comic could either be published in a realistic portrayal or in a Science Fiction format (Castro, 2011). The comic above depicts sentiments communicated in the following quote:
Print is not dead for the wily charms of the digital world with its tweets, feeds, blogs, and apps, there is still nothing like the pleasure created by ink on paper (Delayed Gratification, 2010). within the comic pictured above one can visualize the following three properties of visual communication 1) Cartoons and illustrations, 2) Typography, and 3) Symbols and signs. When considering comics, one cannot deny this popular application as a rising medium utilized among many modern classrooms as a teaching resource. James Devaney says the following in his blog for the Huffington Post Comics Instead of Textbooks?:
Comics teach in a format that todays younger people can easily absorb. Youth that have grown up in our media-saturated world are visual learners who crave a certain level of stimulation; otherwise they feel bored. Unfortunately, many students are being labeled as ADD when actually they are just having a hard time sitting in a chair all
CGD218: Visual Literacy in Business
June 25, 2012
Print is not Dead
(picture would not download, but is available on-line at miniclip it is a three strip cartoon with two characters and a sarcophagus)
© Copyright 2001 - 2012 Miniclip SA. All rights reserved. Cartoons and illustrations are typically viewed as children’s entertainment, or a weekend nostalgic enjoyment for an adult, however, this form of print has been proven to be much more than simple entertainment. For example, according the on-line article Top 10 Military Stories of 2011; the U.S. Defense Department's research wing has been using cartoons to help veterans suffering with post-traumatic stress disorder by working through their personal relationship to war by posting their comic on-line (Castro, 2011). The comic could either be published in a realistic portrayal or in a Science Fiction format (Castro, 2011). The comic above depicts sentiments communicated in the following quote:
Print is not dead for the wily charms of the digital world with its tweets, feeds, blogs, and apps, there is still nothing like the pleasure created by ink on paper (Delayed Gratification, 2010). within the comic pictured above one can visualize the following three properties of visual communication 1) Cartoons and illustrations, 2) Typography, and 3) Symbols and signs. When considering comics, one cannot deny this popular application as a rising medium utilized among many modern classrooms as a teaching resource. James Devaney says the following in his blog for the Huffington Post Comics Instead of Textbooks?:
Comics teach in a format that todays younger people can easily absorb. Youth that have grown up in our media-saturated world are visual learners who crave a certain level of stimulation; otherwise they feel bored. Unfortunately, many students are being labeled as ADD when actually they are just having a hard time sitting in a chair all