Visual culture

Visual culture is a field of study within cultural studies focusing on aspects of culture that rely on visual representations. Among cultural studies theorists working with contemporary culture, this often overlaps with film studies and the study of television, although it can also include video game studies, comics, traditional artistic mediums, advertising, and any other medium that has a crucial visual component.

Related Topics:
Cultural studies - Film studies - Video game studies - Comics - Advertising

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Major work on visual culture has been done by W. J. T. Mitchell, particularly in his books Iconology and Picture Theory. Other writers important to visual culture include Stuart Hall and Slavoj Zizek.

Related Topics:
W. J. T. Mitchell - Stuart Hall - Slavoj Zizek

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Visual culture is related to visual sociology.

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