User:Aresiaarthurs/Visual communication

My main objective for this edit is to replace the opening sentence of the article because the cited source does not go to a specific article, journal or book. I plan on doing this by referencing several different sources for a definition of visual communication and writing it in my own words. I will update the opening sentence and add the articles, books and journals referenced to write the definition.

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Visual Communication page on Wikipedia is good, but not great. There are a handful of changes that can be made to make it better, but I am only focusing on the first couple of sentences and references. Using the definitions from articles, journals and books below, I will compile a new introductory sentence for the Visual Communication Wikipedia page.

The focus of this edit is only the opening paragraph of the page.

Material that I pulled from different sources:

"Within this highly diverse communication technoscape of social relationships, visuals are of central importance, both in co-present and distant mediated interactions" - Tarnutzer, Seraina, Katharina Lobinger, and Federico Lucchesi. “Baked Bunnies, Couple Selfies, and Video-Call Gardening Visual Communication in Couple Relationships during COVID-19.”

'''"Visual communication, simply put, means the deliberation of ideas through images or images with sounds. Early visual communication media were paintings, architecture, sculpture, photography, billboards, etc." -' Metallinos, N. Visual communication: Its process and effects''. Montreal, Quebec: Concordia University. Department of Communication Studies, 1985.

'''"In its current state, visual communication as organized in the International Communication Association (ICA), can be described as an expanding subfield of communication science that uses social scientific methods to explain the production, distribution and reception processes, but also the meanings of mass-mediated visuals in contemporary social, cultural, economic and political contexts." -''' Müller, Marion. 2007. “What Is Visual Communication? Past and Future of an Emerging Field of Communication Research.” Studies in Communication Sciences 7 (2).

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Original: Visual communication is the use of visual elements to convey ideas and information which include (but are not limited to) signs, typography, drawing, graphic design, illustration, industrial design, advertising, animation, and electronic resources. Humans have used visual communication since prehistoric times.

My edited opening: Visual communication is the intentional sharing of ideas through images or a combination of images and sounds in various social settings, both in person and through technology. It has a rich history, starting with mediums like paintings, architecture, sculpture, and photography.