scholarly journals Early Visual Communication: Introducing the 6000-Year-Old Buon Frescoes from Teleilat Ghassul, Jordan

Arts ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
Bernadette Drabsch ◽  
Stephen Bourke
Keyword(s):  
Visual Communication ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Complex Society ◽  
Geometric Designs

The collection of 5th Millennium BCE frescoes from the Chalcolithic (4700–3700 BC) township of Teleilat Ghassul, Jordan, are vital signposts for our understanding of early visual communication systems and the role of art in preliterate societies. The collection of polychrome wall murals includes intricate geometric designs, scenes illustrative of a stratified and complex society, and possibly early examples of landscape vistas. These artworks were produced by specialists using the buon fresco technique, and provide a visual archive documenting a fascinating, and largely unknown culture. This paper will consider the place these pictorial artefacts hold in the prehistory of art.

The Effect of Information Technology on Fluidity of Contemporary Architectural Space

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-72
Author(s):  
Shatha Abbas Hassan ◽  
Noor Ali Aljorani
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Architectural Space ◽  
Human Thought ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Ease Of Access ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Role Of Information

The increasing importance of the information revolution and terms such as ‘speed’, ‘disorientation’, and ‘changing the concept of distance’, has provided us with tools that had not been previously available. Technological developments are moving toward Fluidity, which was previously unknown and cannot be understood through modern tools. With acceleration of the rhythm in the age we live in and the clarity of the role of information technology in our lives, as also the ease of access to information, has helped us to overcome many difficulties. Technology in all its forms has had a clear impact on all areas of daily life, and it has a clear impact on human thought in general, and the architectural space in particular, where the architecture moves from narrow spaces and is limited to new spaces known as the ‘breadth’, and forms of unlimited and stability to spaces characterized with fluidity. The research problem (the lack of clarity of knowledge about the impact of vast information flow associated with the technology of the age in the occurrence of liquidity in contemporary architectural space) is presented here. The research aims at defining fluidity and clarifying the effect of information technology on the changing characteristics of architectural space from solidity to fluidity. The research follows the analytical approach in tracking the concept of fluidity in physics and sociology to define this concept and then to explain the effect of Information Technology (IT) to achieve the fluidity of contemporary architectural space, leading to an analysis of the Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) architectural model. The research concludes that information technology achieves fluidity through various tools (communication systems, computers, automation, and artificial intelligence). It has changed the characteristics of contemporary architectural space and made it behave like an organism, through using smart material.

scholarly journals The Prevention of Student Delinquency through Three Education Centre Communication

2020 ◽  
pp. 147-153
Author(s):  
Suranto Aw ◽  
Mami Hajaroh ◽  
Chatia Hastasari
Keyword(s):  
Communication Systems ◽  
Data Display ◽  
Educational Management ◽  
Community Environment ◽  
Educational Stakeholders ◽  
Interactive Analysis ◽  
Education Centre ◽  
Collection Data ◽  
Research Show

The aim of this research is to reveal the efforts of preventing student delinquency through communication within the three education centers (school, family, and community). Three education center communication is a process of interaction performed by the educational stakeholders as a strategic effort to increase the role of schools, families and communities in educational management. The informants of this research were students, teachers, parents, and community leaders. Data were analyzed using interactive analysis which consisted of four stages, namely: data collection, data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing / verification. The results of the research show that the efforts include revitalizing the three education center communication systems pertaining to the role in delivering and receiving messages in the school, family, and community environment.

scholarly journals The Smart Systems' Role In the Infrastructure's Integrated Management For Housing Projects

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-87
Author(s):  
Marwa Mohmmed Alzidi ◽  
Safaa Aldeen Hussein Al-Samarae
Keyword(s):  
Communication Systems ◽  
Integrated Management ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Infrastructure Management ◽  
Smart Systems ◽  
Housing Projects ◽  
Global Projects ◽  
Network Technologies

Many contemporary economic and social drivers have enabled the introduction of sensor network technologies, computing and communication systems in urban infrastructure and contemporary housing projects with the aim of achieving integration between infrastructure management. As a result, the current study deals with a topic that has not been dealt with through previous studies, theses and theses in an accurate and required manner. Therefore, the aim of the research was to clarify the role of smart systems in achieving integrated management by building a comprehensive theoretical framework to be a research problem (the need for a comprehensive theoretical framework on the role of smart systems in achieving integrated management of infrastructure infrastructure related to housing projects). This goal is achieved by adopting a descriptive analytical approach that includes several stages, the first of which is the analysis of multiple studies and the extraction of the main vocabulary represented in (the basic elements of infrastructure intelligence, planning, design, monitoring and observation of Smart infrastructure). Second, applying these vocabulary to a number of global projects, then discussing the results of the practical study, and presented final conclusions , to be a knowledge base that can be used and applied to future projects.

scholarly journals Role of visual communication design as effective COVID-19 information and education media for community

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Ilma ◽  
P. A. W. Hidayat ◽  
D. Setiono ◽  
B. H. Prilosadoso
Keyword(s):  
Visual Communication ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Inductive Logic ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Visual Communication Design ◽  
Communication Design ◽  
Applied Art ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Alternative Solutions

Visual-based technology as a medium of contact and alternative solutions in pandemic conditions requires a design role, primarily visual communication design during the coronavirus outbreak. Visual communication design becomes an intermediary bridge for information, education, and recreation media to the community. Various aspects of the design become part of applied art, which has goals and benefits to overcome problems in society. The WHO on March 11, 2020, declared the COVID-19 as a pandemic that affects almost regions of the world, where nearly more than five million people are infected. The technology eliminates distance and is an essential part of the development of visual communication design. Research on technological developments in the field of visual communication design in the application of information and education media in the spread of this pandemic. The qualitative research methods states that this research method is used well in examining the details of the research subject. The natural condition of researchers without engineering, where the research process can describe the process from time to time; b). Inductive analysis, which contains exploration orientation, discovery, and inductive logic, so that theories and patterns are in reality; and c) Description of human behaviour in its natural context.

The Role of Information Security and Cryptography in Digital Democracy

2015 ◽  
pp. 1564-1580
Author(s):  
Theodosios Tsiakis
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Information Security ◽  
Information Society ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Security And Privacy ◽  
Constitutional Rights ◽  
Critical Question ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
Wrong Thing

The preponderant dilemma organisations confront currently is which way to homologate and superintend access for a broad mass of services and products and in parallel to preserve security and privacy. Information technology is rapidly changing, is inherently complex, and complexity kills security. There is an ongoing technical race to maintain security that does not take into account the human factors. The new technological infrastructure affects the degree of anonymity and confidentiality in mass-market computer-based systems and basically determines the evolution of democratic-political culture. Thus, in examining the issue of security, cryptography, privacy in the use of computers and Internet, forms the primary interest form the moral side of view, about what is the right and wrong thing to do, rather than in a legal frame, about what is legal and illegal. Security and privacy are not ethical or moral issues. They are fundamental human rights. In this societal change, the challenges of the information society are many but foremost is the protection of human rights. Addressing the critical question of how technological trends are both helping and hindering the advancement of human rights is essential in the specific digital environment. The democratic key concept is the efficient use of digital resources. We do not only need a culture of security (information), we further need to ensure the security of cultures, meaning that everyone should be able to freely exercise their constitutional rights. The role of this chapter is to bring to the surface the rights (human) implications of ICT and the information society. It enlightens the technical community, which designs, implements, and secures information and communication systems, with an understanding of human rights principles and foundational underpinnings. It highlights the role of government implications, identifies the role and relationship between the stakeholders, and indicates the balance between information security and freedom in order to understand that security, freedom, and rights (human), are not opposite concepts but coexist and progress in parallel.

The Role of Cultural Dynamics in the Digital Age

2017 ◽  
pp. 1144-1162
Author(s):  
Kijpokin Kasemsap
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Cultural Dynamics ◽  
Business Environments ◽  
Modern Business

This chapter introduces the role of cultural dynamics in the digital age, thus explaining the theoretical and practical concepts of organizational culture, cultural values and belief systems, material culture and artifacts, language and communication systems, cultural interpenetration, deterritorialization, cultural pluralism, and hybridization; the categorization of cultural dimensions; and the application of cultural dynamics in the modern business world. Cultural influences are changing dramatically as cultures are no longer dependent on local resources to formulate their characteristic tastes, preferences, and behavior and are increasingly linked across vast geographic distances by modern communication media. Membership in a culture adapts to new cultural contexts while transporting elements of one culture to another. As membership in a culture becomes increasingly transitional, unique elements are less clearly demarcated or distinctive. Understanding the role of cultural dynamics in the digital age will significantly enhance organizational performance and achieve business goals in global business environments.

The Role of Cultural Dynamics in the Digital Age

2015 ◽  
pp. 295-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kijpokin Kasemsap
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Cultural Dynamics ◽  
Business Environments ◽  
Modern Business

This chapter introduces the role of cultural dynamics in the digital age, thus explaining the theoretical and practical concepts of organizational culture, cultural values and belief systems, material culture and artifacts, language and communication systems, cultural interpenetration, deterritorialization, cultural pluralism, and hybridization; the categorization of cultural dimensions; and the application of cultural dynamics in the modern business world. Cultural influences are changing dramatically as cultures are no longer dependent on local resources to formulate their characteristic tastes, preferences, and behavior and are increasingly linked across vast geographic distances by modern communication media. Membership in a culture adapts to new cultural contexts while transporting elements of one culture to another. As membership in a culture becomes increasingly transitional, unique elements are less clearly demarcated or distinctive. Understanding the role of cultural dynamics in the digital age will significantly enhance organizational performance and achieve business goals in global business environments.

How Do We Communicate

2020 ◽  
pp. 104-211
Keyword(s):  
Visual Communication ◽  
Electromagnetic Waves ◽  
Animal Communication ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Living Things ◽  
Principles Of Design ◽  
Visualization Techniques ◽  
Learning Projects

This chapter examines our modes of imparting or exchanging facts and opinions. After discussion of the role of electromagnetic waves in our sensory perception, further text describes the ways we and other living beings gain information through the senses, especially when enhanced with technology. Finally, communication between people, with computers, and with other living things is described, especially when animal communication involves senses unavailable to human beings. Emphasis is put on visual communication, some basic notions about semantics, and also visualization techniques and domains. Basic art concepts, elements of design in art, and principles of design in art serve as background information, followed by learning projects.

‘NO OUTLET’: a critical visual analysis of neoliberal narratives in mediated geographies

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert E Gutsche ◽  
Moses Shumow
Keyword(s):  
Visual Communication ◽  
Visual Analysis ◽  
Global Cities ◽  
Critical Visual Analysis ◽  
Vernacular Landscape

This article turns to Miami, Florida’s (USA) Upper Eastside – an eclectic stretch of about 20 city blocks in one of the nation’s ‘global cities’ – for a critical visual analysis that uses mapping and photography to explore how neoliberalism is communicated. With an approach that considers geography as a visual ‘vernacular landscape’, this research further supports the role of visual communication as a means to reveal deeper meanings of geography, particularly in terms of identifying ideological qualities of the neoliberal project that are often hidden in plain view. The authors’ photographs and maps supply data for this article, which are then read through the process of ‘geosemiotics’.

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