China Labor and Social Security Work and Practice (Volume 1, 2, and 3)

Author: Chang Hu
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: Once, a friend heard that I was conducting research on visual studies and said the following: "In the era of reading images, it's truly fascinating. In the past, we called it 'looking at pictures,' but now it's 'reading pictures.' In the past, we called it 'reading newspapers,' but now it's 'looking at newspapers.'" My friend was not originally part of the academic circle, but his remarks caught my strong attention—what substantive changes are embedded in the shift from the past "looking at" images to today's "reading" them? Before "looking at" images, was image dissemination present? After "reading" images, where will image dissemination develop next? From the emergence to the flourishing of image dissemination, are there any patterns to be followed? Only history can provide the answers.