Print is clearly NOT DEAD! Every year dozens of books are published specifically about the visual and hundreds more on subjects related to the visual or of interest to visual communication scholars.
Visual Communication Quarterly features book reviews of published works of interest to the Visual Communication community. As the number of pages that can be given over to reviews is limited, the new editor of VCQ, xtine burroughs, and I have talked about an online book review section in the VCQuarterly website. This will have the same standards of quality and attention that the print version gets, however, we will be able to publish reviews of many more books… perhaps one or two a month! That would at least quadruple what we are doing now. In addition, we will be able to use color images of the covers and, if permissions are obtainable, additional images from those books that warrant it. In addition, with the proper tags, these book reviews will likely get better search engine results and, therefore increase reach — good news for both publishers and reviewers. I am even thinking about retro-reviews… books that are being rediscovered.
So this is a call for Reviewers for a list of books that have been published in the last 12-18 months that are on my desk waiting to be reviewed (Ok, some have been on my desk a little longer… but still worth reviewing!) Some of these will be published in VCQ PRINT and some will be published ONLINE.
If you are interested in reviewing a book, fill out the form at the bottom of this post. As more than one person might want to review the same book, be sure to help me by answering the question, “Why would you be a good reviewer for this book?” If you are selected to review a book, I will send it on to you or request that the publisher do so. In exchange, I ask that you send me your review in 90 days. You get to keep the book 🙂
PLEASE NOTE: If you are selected to review a book, I will send it on to you or request that the publisher do so. In exchange, I ask that you send me your review in 90 days. You get to keep the book 🙂 Please note… I will be traveling a good deal this summer. Here is the mailing schedule:
Books for review will be posted via USPS with a tracker code by:
- May 19, 2017 Review offers accepted by May 18
- July 3, 2017 Review offers accepted before or during the VisCom Conference (June 21-25)
- Aug 21, 2017 Review offers accepted after July 3
| Title | Year | Publisher | Authors/Editors |
| Fire Signs: A Semiotic Theory for Graphic Design | 2017 | The MIT Press | Skaggs, Steven |
| Igniting the Internet: Youth and Activism in Postauthoritarian South Korea | 2016 | University of Hawai’i Press | Kang, Jiyeon |
| Updating to Remain the Same: Habitual New Media | 2016 | The MIT Press | Kyong Chun, Wendy Hui |
| Missed Information: Better Information for Building a Wealthier, More Sustainable Future | 2016 | The MIT Press | Sarokin, David and Schulkin, Jay |
| The 10¢ War: Comic Books, Propaganda and World War II | 2016 | University Press of Mississippi | Goodnow, Trischa and Kimble, James (Eds.) |
| Indians Illustrated: The Image of the Native American in the Pictorial Press | 2016 | University of Illinois Press | Coward, John M. |
| Women, Workers, and Race in LIFE Magazine | 2016 | Ashgate | Flamiano, Dolores |
| The Truthful Art: Data, charts, and maps for communication | 2016 | New Riders | Cairo, Alberto |
| Producing New and Digital Media: Your Guide to Savvy Use of the Web | 2016 | Focal Press | Cohen, James and Kenny, Thomas |
| Adjusted Margin: Xerography, Art, and Activism in the Late Twentieth Century | 2016 | The MIT Press | Eichhorn, Kate |
| Siam’s New Detectives: Visualizing Crime and Conspiracy in Modern Thailand | 2016 | University of Hawai’i Press | Lim, Samson |
| De-signing Design: Cartographies of Theory and Practice | 2015 | Lexington Books | Grierson, Edquist, Frichot & Silverman (Eds.) |
| Posters for Peace: Visual Rhetoric & Civic Action | 2015 | Penn State University Press | Benson, Thomas W. |
| Critical Perspectives on Social Media and Protest: Between Control and Emancipation | 2015 | Rowman & Littlefield | Dencik, Lina and Leistert, Oliver (Eds.) |
| Photography: A Critical Introduction | 2015 | Routledge | Liz Wells (Ed.) |
| André Bazin’s New Media | 2014 | University of California Press | Andrew, Dudley |
| Graphesis: Visual Forms of Knowledge Production | 2014 | Harvard University Press | Drucker, Johanna |