Introduction to Visual Communication

By Professor C.S.H.N.Murthy | Osmania University, Hyderabad

Learners enrolled: 721

The course offers a comprehensive view of principles involved in Visual Communication. Drawing its theoretical underpinning from its major domain Communication, the course aims to impart the art of visual communication as a perfect combination of Signs, Visuals, Symbols, Pictures and Images. Especially communication through

Semiotics is central to the development of visual communication in Indian tradition. Semiotics offer communication as a social interaction through messages emerging from pictures, paintings,

drawings, sculpted models and animated motion of figures. They relate traditional, philosophical as well as contemporary social dimensions in various forms of visual communication. The dramatic shift of emphasis from the Western effects models to different mode of experience of culture and art form the core of the study of Visual communication. It not only explains the Western models of Communication but also offers indigenous models of Indian

communication through various art forms such as drawing, painting, sculpture, figures, animated motions of images, etc.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Elective
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Multidisciplinary
Credit Points :	4
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	06 Jul 2020
End Date :	15 Sep 2020
Enrollment Ends :	31 Aug 2020
Exam Date :

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Course layout

WEEK DATE DAY MODULE TITLE LESSON No. LESSON TITLE

1 06.07.2020 Monday Basics of Communication & Paradigms 1 Foundations of Visual Communication

07.07.2020 Tuesday 2 Communication Models - Linear and Humanistic

08.07.2020 Wednesday 3 Dominant Paradigm & Bottom-Up Paradigm

09.07.2020 Thursday 4 Models of Minimal Effects

10.07.2020 Friday Assignment* MCQs

2 13.07.2020 Monday Basics of Visual Communication 5 Human Eye and Visual Process

14.07.2020 Tuesday 6 The Sensual and Perceptual Theories

15.07.2020 Wednesday 7 Visual Persuasion & Cognitive Systems

16.07.2020 Thursday 8 Analyzing Visual Images Part - 1

17.07.2020 Friday Assignment MCQs

3 20.07.2020 Monday Basics of Visual Communication 9 Analyzing Visual Images Part - 2

21.07.2020 Tuesday Culture & Colors 10 Colors and their significance in Indian life

22.07.2020 Wednesday 11 Colors : Religions and Political Analysis

23.07.2020 Thursday 12 The role of colors vs Fine arts Part 1

24.07.2020 Friday Assignment* MCQs

4 27.07.2020 Monday Culture & Colors 13 The role of colors vs Fine arts Part 2

28.07.2020 Tuesday 14 Colors in Advertising Part - 1

29.07.2020 Wednesday 15 Colors in Advertising Part - 2

30.07.2020 Thursday 16 Culture through paintings and art works

31.07.2020 Friday Assignment* MCQs

5 03.08.2020 Monday Epics, Folks and Fairy Tales 17 Epics & their portrayals

04.08.2020 Tuesday 18 Folks & their portrayals

05.08.2020 Wednesday 19 Visualization Theory

06.08.2020 Thursday Popular Culture 20 Popular Culture in Inda

07.08.2020 Friday Assignment* MCQs

6 10.08.2020 Monday Popular Culture 21 Advertising

11.08.2020 Tuesday Holiday (Sri Krishnashtami)

12.08.2020 Wednesday Popular Culture 22 Creative Visualization

13.08.2020 Thursday Divergent Visual Processes 23 Aesthetic Theory

14.08.2020 Friday Assignment* MCQs

7 17.08.2020 Monday Divergent Visual Processes 24 Cognitive Theory

18.08.2020 Tuesday 25 Animation

19.08.2020 Wednesday 26 Cultural Studies Theory

20.08.2020 Thursday Image Analysis 27 Visual Semiotic Theory

21.08.2020 Friday Assignment* MCQs

8 24.08.2020 Monday Image Analysis 28 Visual Literacy Theory

25.08.2020 Tuesday 29 Visual Ethics Theory

26.08.2020 Wednesday 30 Media Aesthetics

27.08.2020 Thursday Visual Elements 31 Representation Theory

28.08.2020 Friday Assignment* MCQs

9 31.08.2020 Monday Visual Elements 32 Theory of Visual Rhetoric

01.09.2020 Tuesday 33 Non Electronic Visual Aids

02.09.2020 Wednesday 34 Digital & Electronic Visual Aids

03.09.2020 Thursday Visual Aids—Simple to Advanced 35 Narrative Theory Part - 1

04.09.2020 Friday Assignment* MCQs

10 07.09.2020 Monday Visual Aids—Simple to Advanced 36 Narrative Theory Part - 2

08.09.2020 Tuesday Phenomenology 37 Phenomenology - Western - part 1

09.09.2020 Wednesday 38 Phenomenology - Indian - part 2

10.09.2020 Thursday Semiotics in Films 39 Semiotics in Indian Cinema

11.09.2020 Friday Assignment* MCQs

11 14.09.2020 Monday Silhouettes 40 Silhouettes in Indian Cinema

15.09.2020 Tuesday 41 Epilogue/Overview to Visual Communication

Assignment* Exams: End Term Short Questions & Answers

Books and references

T1.Devito, Joseph A, Human Communication: The

Basic Course (13ed), Pearson, 2014.

T.2 Lester, Paul Martin, Visual Communication: Images

with Messages (6ed), Cengage Learning, 2013.

T.3 Paxson, Peyton, Mass Communication and Media

Studies: An Introduction, Continuum, 2010.

T.4 Fiske, John, Introduction to Communication Studies

(2ed). Routledge, 2002.

T.5 Mathur, Pratish K, Visual Communication: Beyond

Words, Gnosis, 2006.

T.6 Moreeale, Sherwyh P. Human Communication:

Motivation, Knowledge, and Skills, Cengage, Learning, 2006.

Reference Books:

R.1 Mcquail, Denis, Mass Communication Theory, Sage,

London 1995.

R.2 Stephen W. Littlejohn and Karen A Foss, Theories of

Human Communication, Wadsworth, 9ed, 2008

R.3 Mandav, Pradeep, Visual Media Communication,

Authors Press, 2001

R.4 Bhatia, Arun, Visual Communication, Rajat Pub,

2005.

R.5 Williams, Rich, Visual Communication: Integrating

Media, Art, and Science, Routledge, 2007.

R.6 Barnes, Susan B. An Introduction to Visual Communication: From Cave Art to Second Life,Peter Lang Pub, 2011.

R.7 Berger, Arthur Asa, Seeing is Believing: An Introduction to Visual Communication, McGraw-Hill Education, 2012.

R.8 Wood, Julia T. Communication Mosaics: An Introduction to the Field of Communication, Cengage, 2010

R.9 Smith, Kenneth L. Handbook of Visual Communication: Theory, Methods and Media, Routledge, 2004.

R.10 Bergstrom, Bo. Essentials of Visual Communication, Laurence King Pub, 2009.

R.11 Jamieson, Harry. Visual Communication: More than meets the Eye, Intellect, 2007.

R.12 Pearson, Judy. Human Communication(5ed), McGraw-Hill,2012.

R.13 Adler, Roland B. Understanding Human Communication (12ed), Oxford, 2013

Instructor bio

Professor C.S.H.N.Murthy

Osmania University, Hyderabad

Dr. C.S.H.N. Murthy is Professor in Media and Film Studies and Chair of Digital Communicative Research in Arts at K L University India, where he teaches film and television production and conducts research based on mise-en-scene. He is a former media expert for the Ministry of Non-Formal Education in Eritrea (2003–2005). He has published more than 45 research papers in peer-reviewed international journals and books. He is on the editorial boards of Asia Pacific Media Educator and Communication Studies (2011–2014). He is a former associate of the Singapore Internet Research Centre (SiRC) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (2010–2014).