Saturday 28 October 2017

Critical Perspectives 26/10/2017. Reading Group Task: What is Visual Culture?

Over the past 50 years, there is no doubt that there has been a social and cultural shift away from the verbal/textual and towards the visual. My first thought is emoticons which in some way displace completely texts. They became inseparable part of our email or messages. Thanks to them we can convey our feelings and emotions. There is no doubt that it is faster to send them instead of call and talk about the feelings. It does not mean that it is better way.  Another example is the radio which evolved into television. Also, letters lost their important. It is hard to find people who communicate in that way. Instead of the letters we have many social media like Facebook or Twitter which restrain interest of the text. It is common that more often people share with photos than text.
I think that during 10 to 20 years this shift has accelerated. W can notice it when we look at social media. There is enormous amount of website which using visual ways. Instead of blogs, many people decided to do vlogs or visual diary like Snapchat or Instagram. The world is rushing towards new technology and as a result everything is changing. 

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