Campus Units
English
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
12-2005
Journal or Book Title
Across the Disciplines
Volume
3
Abstract
"Critical Visual Literacy: Multimodal Communication Across the Curriculum" makes the case for expanding the pedagogical space and communication possibilities in undergraduate communication-intensive and linked (learning community) courses by allowing students to create multimodal texts that deal with civic and cultural and/or discipline-specific themes. We argue that, rather than diluting the opportunities for rhetorical education—now comprised of critical literacy, visual literacy, and critical technological literacy in today's increasingly fast-moving visual and electronic cultural environment—multimodal composing more meaningfully reflects the environment in which students receive and generate text today. Using a theory base that draws from the literatures of composition and CAC, visual literacy, new media theory and ecology, and the theory and pedagogy of critical technological literacy, we make a case for this expansion of communication opportunities in undergraduate communication-intensive classes.
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Copyright Owner
Across the Disciplines
Copyright Date
2005
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Duffelmeyer, Barb B. and Ellertson, Anthony, "Critical Visual Literacy: Multimodal Communication Across the Curriculum" (2005). English Publications. 105.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/engl_pubs/105
Comments
This article is published as Duffelmeyer, Barb Blakely and Anthony Ellertson. "Critical Visual Literacy: Multimodal Communication Across the Curriculum" Special issue, Across the Disciplines, December 2005. Posted with permission.