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Time and again over the last few decades, we have read that the world is full of pic­ tures and that, in fact, pictures are filling up the world at such a tremendously accel­ erating rate that our environment is about to become a picture itself, and of itself. However, when a phenomenon gradually occupies and transplants almost everything else, then it starts disappearing as a particular phenomenon. In order to be noticeable, something must stand out against others. Otherwise it transforms into a true medium. In saying so, we assume that media are characterized as more or less ubiquitous and inconspicuous. The less we take notice of something, the more it attains the typical property of a medium. Each individual picture is a medium in a rather shallow sense of the word. The realm of pictures is a medium in a deeper sense, much in the same way as the individual morning paper, as a medium, relates to the institution of the printing press. It seems safe to say that the iconic (or pictorial) turn that many talk about is strongly tied to the proliferation and almost ubiquity of digital media, which, in turn, is a consequence of the spreading of computers at the work place.

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Author:   Jörg R. J. Schirra
Publisher:   Deutscher Universitats-Verlag
Imprint:   Deutscher Universitats-Verlag
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2005
Volume:   14
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.406kg
ISBN:  

9783835060159

ISBN 10:   3835060155
Pages:   294
Publication Date:   25 November 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

Table of Content.- 1 Images in Computer Science: Clarifications Required.- 1.1 The Age of the Images.- 1.2 Toward Information Society.- 1.3 Images and Computers: The Digital Picture.- 1.4 Requirements for a Modem Computer Scientist.- 1.5 Determining the Goal.- 2 Computational Visualistics: Seen from its Roots.- 2.1 Computer Science: Subject and Methodology.- 2.2 Visualistics and the Many Sciences of Pictures / Images.- 2.3 Computational Visualistics and the Data Type »Image«.- 3 Preliminary Clarifications from Visualistics.- 3.1 Pictures on the Border: Overlooking a Wide Kingdom.- 3.2 A Synthetic Proposal: Images as “Perceptoid” Signs.- 3.3 Image and Object.- 3.4 Image and Language.- 3.5 Image and Image User.- 3.5.5 Reflective Communication & Pictures of Art.- 3.6 Conclusions for Computational Visualistics.- 4 The Generic Data Type »Image«: General Aspects.- 4.1 The Organizational Principle of the Discussion.- 4.2 Syntactic Aspects.- 4.3 Semantic Aspects.- 4.4 Pragmatic Aspects.- 5 Case Studies: Using the Data Type »Image«.- 5.1 Semantic Requests to Image Databases in IRIS.- 5.2 Rhetorically Enriched Pictures.- 5.3 A Border Line Case: Immersion.- 5.4 Another Border Line Case: Mental Images.- 6 Conclusions - Perspectives.- 6.1 The Foundation of Computational Visualistics.- 6.2 The Components of the Data Structure »Image«.- 6.3 The Future of an Institutional Computational Visualistics.- Appendices.- A Notes.- B References.- C List of Figures.- D List of Table.- E Name Index.- F Subject Index.

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PD Dr. Jörg R. J. Schirra studierte Informatik, Physik, Philosophie und Psychologie an der Universität des Saarlandes. Nach einem längeren Forschungsaufenthalt in Berkeley habilitierte er sich an der Fakultät für Informatik der Universität Magdeburg.

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