Iconic communication
Our society is becoming a more visual culture day-by-day. This book offers detailed analyses of how to combine words with pictures to communicate clearly across cultural barriers. While some information is better communicated by one kind of media than another, some information is communicated most e...
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| Language: | English |
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Bristol
NBN International
2000
Intellect Books Ltd Intellect, Limited Intellect |
| Edition: | 1 |
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| ISBN: | 1841508187, 184150016X, 9781841508184, 9781841500164 |
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Table of Contents:
- Iconic communication -- Contents -- Preface -- Foundations 1. Human communication processes -- 2. On the possibility and impossibility of a universal iconic communication system -- 3. The limits of iconic communication -- Background 4. Some pictorial symbol systems for public places -- 5. Double vision -- 6. Communication through icons -- Proposals 7. Do you see what i’m saying? -- 8. IconText: an exploration of the limitations of iconic languages -- 9. Visualisation of textual structures[1] -- Development of prototypes 10. The augmentation of textual communication with user-created icons -- 11. VIL: a visual inter lingua -- Research outcomes 12. Icons in the mind -- 13. Designing and evaluating -- 14. Evaluating appropriate interface metaphors
- Front Cover -- Preliminaries -- Contents -- Preface -- PART 1: Foundations -- 1. Human Communication Processes - Philip Barker -- Introduction -- Foundation Models -- The Role Of Mental Models -- The Evolution Of Iconic Communication -- What Next? -- Conclusion -- References -- 2. On the Possibility and Impossibility of a Universal Iconic Communication System - Andrew J King -- Impossibilities -- Possibilities -- 'Epistemology of the Body' -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Illustration acknowledgements -- 3. The Limits Of Iconic Communication - John Roscoe -- Communication -- Marks -- Iconic Communication -- Recipes for Making Pictures -- Titles -- Saying 'that' -- Modality -- Conclusion -- Reference -- Notes -- PART 2: Background -- 4. Some Pictorial Symbol Systems for Public Places - Ian McLaren -- Otto Neurath and the 'Isotype Movement' -- Otl Aicher -- ISO / BSI -- Personal Experience -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 5. Double Vision - Michelle Gausman and Clive Chizlett -- Shared Concerns -- Tunnel Vision Part One: the Problem -- Tunnel Vision Part Two: the Proposal -- Boundaries and Barriers -- Confused States -- If it Looks Like a Duck. . . -- A Little Knowledge. . . -- Signs of Meaning -- What Next? -- References -- 6. Communication through Icons - Masoud Yazdani -- References -- PART 3: Proposals -- 7. Do You See What I'm Saying? - Stuart Mealing -- Introduction -- On Being Understood -- Semiotics and Syntax -- Presentation of Text -- Units of Mapping -- Visual Signifiers -- Mapping Options -- Dimensions of Mapping -- Emotional Elements -- Comprehension, Control and Context -- Conclusion -- References -- 8. IconText: An Exploration of the Limitations of Iconic Languages - Colin Beardon -- Introduction -- Form and Content -- Referring to Objects -- Propositions that Refer -- Issues -- References
- Australasia 886 ISPs -- Europe 1325 ISPs -- North America excluding USA 1590 ISPs -- North America - United States of America 15,419 ISPs -- South America 537 ISPs -- Conclusion -- References -- Back Cover - Book Description
- 9. Visualisation of Textual Structures[1] - Graziella Tonfoni -- Introduction -- Multiple Viewing and Complex Textual Visualisation -- A New Framework for Viewing Natural Language and for Visualizing Text -- Text Visual Processing and Context and Style Sensitive Parsing -- Textual Visual Processing -- Static vs Dynamic Visualisation. -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- References -- PART 4: Development of Prototypes -- 10. The Augmentation of Textual Communication with User-created Icons - Leon Cruickshank and Lon Barfield -- Introduction -- Text Augmentation -- The Icon Project - A User-Led Approach -- The Icon Project Prototype -- Paper Prototyping -- The Digital Prototype -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Appendix 1: Work Sheet Proforma for Iconic Conversation Workshop 1 -- 11. VIL: A Visual Inter Lingua - Lee Becker and Paul Leemans -- Introduction -- Criteria for a New Language -- Simplified Speech -- VIL -- Composing a Message in VIL -- Evaluating the Design of the Language and Icons -- Summary -- Notes -- References -- PART 5: Research Outcomes -- 12. Icons in the Mind - Philip Barker and Paul van Schaik -- Introduction -- Knowledge Representation -- Iconic Representation In Mental Models -- Case Study - Results Of A Teach-Back Study -- Conclusion -- References -- 13. Designing and Evaluating Icons - Philip Barker and Paul van Schaik -- Introduction -- Rationale -- The Icon Classification Hypothesis -- Experimental Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- References -- 14. Evaluating Appropriate Interface Metaphors - Paul Honeywill -- Overview -- Introduction -- The ARC Interface -- The ARC Evaluation -- Returned Data from the Report Logs -- User Goals and Sub-Goals -- The Program Interface -- World Wide Web Interfaces -- Computer Interface Compound Icons from around the World -- Africa 114 ISPs -- Asia 1004 ISPs