The new edition of Gillian Rose's bestselling critical introduction to the study and analysis of visual culture has been fully revised and updated. Each chapter retains its rigorous examination and demonstration of an individual methodology, while continuing to be clear in structure and lucid in style. Reflecting changes in the way society consumes and creates its visual content, new features include: * A Companion Website featuring additional examples of digital and social media, and moving images * Pedagogical enhancements including full colour images, extended further reading, and updated case studies and visual examples * An additional chapter and expanded coverage on social and new media, and more information on the mass media in general (TV, Print, Broadcasting) * An expanded focus on how each method can be used in relation to a range of different visual materials * An additional chapter on how to use visual materials for research and the presentation of research finding. A now classic text, the book appeals to undergraduates, postgraduates, researchers and academics in all subjects looking to understand and clearly grasp the complex debates and ideas in visual analysis and interpretation.

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吉莉恩•罗斯（Gillian Rose）,英国开放大学（The Open University）文化地理学教授,当前研究领域集中在当代视觉文化和视觉方法论等。普通的、日常的观看方式以及在家庭和公共空间观看的效果,是其兴趣所在。她主持了一项以家庭照为研究对象的长期课题,该课题旨在检视在全球视觉经济中,作为视觉对象的家庭照,在一系列不同实践活动间的传播。课题的研究成果《家庭摄影活动：家庭、公众和情感的政治》（Doing Family Photography: The Domestic, The Public and The Politics of Sentiment）已于2010年由Ashgate出版社正式出版发行。考察规划都市空间的经验是她最近主持的另一个研究课题,该课题由英国经济与社会研究委员会资助（www.urban-experience.net）。不过耗时最长的课题还是本书。

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肖伟胜,男,1970年生,西南大学文学院教授、文学博士、博士生导师、副院长,主要从事西方美学与视觉文化研究。主持“‘文化转向’与视觉文化研究”、“‘语言学转向’与视觉方法论研究”、“视觉文化与图像意识研究”等多项国家社科基金重点项目、教育部人文社科项目等课题。撰有《视觉文化与图像意识》、《视觉文化与当代文化批评》、《现代性困境中的极端体验》等学术专著。曾在《文艺研究》、《文学评论》、《二十一世纪》（香港）等核心刊物发表论文60余篇,其中多篇被全文复印或转载。