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Visual Language and the Development of Convention | Blog

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It has never been easier to interact, share, and edit content for the electronic screen medium. Today we have smartphones where we can easily download applications that allow us to edit pictures we take and add text or superimpose drawings and emojis. With a simple tap we can also share them with our friends. This has not always been the case, as in the past the bandwidth of communication relied on our paper and pen technologies, which made it considerably harder to copy and share. This medium has opened up new ways of communication that do not rely exclusively on the spoken or written word. These new ways of communication use visual marks to build up scenes and ideas in people's minds and are even faster at delivering understanding than phonetic writing for some things, making research in this topic very impactful. The ease with which pictures communicate scientific concepts has always mesmerized me and makes me wonder if it could have been possible to develop a more direct visual lan

Visual Language and the Development of Convention | Blog Visual Language and the Development of Convention It has never been easier to interact, share, and edit content for the electronic screen medium. Today we have smartphones where we can easily download applications that allow us to edit pictures we take and add text or superimpose drawings and emojis. With a simple tap we can also share them with our friends. This has not always been the case, as in the past the bandwidth of communication relied on our paper and pen technologies, which made it considerably harder to copy and share. This m

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