The definition of "visual literacy " is debatable, as is that of "media literacy." While the terms are used interchangably by some, other people believe they have distinctly different meanings. Those different meanings can create confusion and disagreement in applying the terminology, leaving us all a bit fuzzy in our understandings. As this article attests, the changing technology has made this issue even more complex. Here the author cites several definitions and then offers an interpretaiton that distiniquishes between the two terms, while also positioning them as they relate to each other.
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B.A. Chauvin (2003) studied this question.