The role of perigraphy in the environmental visual communication

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https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.2022.1.43260

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Visual análisis, Environmental communication, South America, NGO, Perigraphy

Abstract

This paper delves into the visual elements designed to guide the interpretation of photographic meaning in visual messages through digital networks by environmental groups in South America, identifying what kind of possibilities and meanings these elements bring into the communication process. For that reason, it analyses and compares the images published by three South American offices of the Wildlife Conservation Society on Instagram: Chile, Argentina, and Colombia, considering the complementary role of these kind of visual elements on the photographs and its repercussion in their meaning.

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Author Biographies

Sebastian Aravena Ortiz, University of Leicester (LE), Leicester, United Kingdom.

Maestría en Diseño Comunicacional por la Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), en Buenos Aires, Argentina. Investigador de doctorado en Medios y Comunicación en la Universidad de Leicester (LE), en Leicester, Reino Unido.

Pamela Gatica-Ramírez, Universidad de Chile (UChile), Santiago, Chile.

Doctora en Investigación en Diseño por la Universidad de Barcelona (UB), en Barcelona, España. Profesora de la Universidad de Chile (UCh), en Santiago, Chile.

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Published

2022-07-13

How to Cite

Aravena Ortiz, S., & Gatica-Ramírez, P. (2022). The role of perigraphy in the environmental visual communication. Revista FAMECOS, 29(1), e43260. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.2022.1.43260

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DOSSIER - TECHNOLOGICAL & CULTURAL CHANGES IN THE DIGITAL ERA