Pictures of Youth: An Introduction to Children’s Visual Culture
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Course overview
- Provider
- Futurelearn
- Course type
- Free trial availiable
- Deadline
- Flexible
- Duration
- 4 hours
- Course author
- Clementine Beauvais
Description
Explore visual culture for children and young people including, picturebooks, comics, film, television and drama
Explore contemporary visual children's culture with leading experts in the field
In a world where young people are surrounded by an ever increasing range of media, visual analysis of children’s culture is becoming increasingly important.
The course provides an introduction to popular types of visual culture for children and young people. By the end you will gain a deeper understanding of children’s film, television, drama, picturebooks and comics.
You will discover the wide variety of works on offer, learn to decipher these media, understand some of the ways in which they are conceived and consumed, and have a go at creating your own analysis.
