Recent articles of note for LL in Visual Communication

[Dave Malinowski]

Hello all,

I came across an article recently in the journal _Visual
Communication_ by Jerome Krase & Timothy Shortell, practitioners of
"visual urban sociology" from Brooklyn College, City University of New
York, after discovering their online archive of over 9000 photos from
40 cities: http://www.brooklynsoc.org/blog/gallery2/main.php

Their tumblr blog may also be of interest: http://brooklynsoc.tumblr.com/

This prompted me to search through recent issues of VC; I thought the
articles below might be of use too.

Best,

Dave

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Denis, J., & Pontille, D. (2010). Placing subway signs: practical
properties of signs at work. Visual Communication, 9(4), 441–462.

Ertep, H. (2009). Chaos or Homogenization? The Role of Shop Signs in
Transforming Urban Fabric in Beyoğlu, Istanbul. Visual Communication,
8(3), 263–272.

Gouveia, S., Paula, A., Lena Farias, P., & Souza Gatto, P. (2009).
Letters and Cities: Reading the Urban Environment with the Help of
Perception Theories. Visual Communication, 8(3), 339–348.

Krase, J., & Shortell, T. (2011). On the Spatial Semiotics of
Vernacular Landscapes in Global Cities. Visual Communication, 10(3),
367–400.

Lin Pan. (2010). Dissecting multilingual Beijing: the space and scale
of vernacular globalization. Visual Communication, 9(1), 67–90.

Yamada-Rice, D. (2011). A Comparative Study of Visuals in the Urban
Landscapes of Tokyo and London. Visual Communication, 10(2), 175–186.