Concrete visual presentation can convey only concrete, simple meanings; abstract and general meanings are conveyed by language¶
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q1 i? A limitation of visual presentation is that objects presented to the eye convey meanings of a rather concrete, simple kind and are not suited to convey subtle abstract or general meanings, which are conveyed by language. → Frank N. Freeman 1922
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Frank N. Freeman 1922¶
Frank N. Freeman. (1922). Research Versus Propaganda in Visual Education. The Journal of Educational Psychology, Vol. XI, No. 5. https://psycnet.apa.org/journals/edu/13/5/
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Tentative psychological analysis, offered in advance of experimentation. Freeman illustrates with motion pictures, where the raw material of experience is given visually but significance is furnished by captions, and notes only crude meanings such as physical combat and slap-stick humor are conveyed visually.
"The meanings conveyed by concrete objects or their pictorial representation must be of a rather concrete, simple kind. Such representation is not suited to convey the more subtle abstract or general meanings. These meanings are conveyed by language."
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Concrete visual presentation can convey only concrete, simple meanings; abstract and general meanings are conveyed by language |
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Concrete visual presentation can convey only concrete, simple meanings; abstract and general meanings are conveyed by language |
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