"Understanding Body Image: Sense of Self, Media Imagery, and Visual Culture": A presentation by Ann Marie Barry
Dr. Ann Marie Barry is a professor of Communication at Boston College and Associate Director of the University Capstone Program. Honored with the lifetime Distinguished Research Award by the International Visual Literacy Association, and twice with the Visual Communication Research Award of the National Communication Association, she is the author of Visual Intelligence and numerous chapters and articles focused on the neurology of visual communication.
Where does our sense of self come from? How does our exposure to media images help to create that sense of self? Why is visual culture such a significant part of our sense of being and well-being? This presentation goes behind the "seen" to explore the role media and neurological factors - such as mirror neurons and emotional processing - play in both absorbing visual culture and creating self-image.
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