Visual Arts

Level 1 - Exploration

Analyze Visual Culture

Taught by Dr. Nadia Okafor

About This Challenge

Develop skills to analyze visual culture and its influence on society and business. This exploration covers visual culture concepts, analysis methods, media literacy, advertising imagery, and digital culture so you can interpret the visual messages that shape everyday life and professional communication.

What You'll Learn

Understand the core concepts of visual culture and how images communicate meaning in society
Apply structured analysis methods to decode visual messages in art, media, and everyday life
Analyze how media images are constructed to influence audiences and shape public perception
Examine advertising strategies that use visual culture to build brands and persuade consumers
Interpret digital culture phenomena including memes, social media aesthetics, and online visual identity

Challenge Content

17 lessons

Visual Culture Concepts

What Is Visual Culture?

8 min

Foundations of Visual Culture

7 min

How Images Communicate Meaning

7 min

Visual Culture Concepts Check

10 min

Analysis Methods

Frameworks for Visual Analysis

8 min

Compositional and Semiotic Analysis

8 min

Discourse Analysis and Putting It Together

8 min

Visual Analysis Practice

25 min

Media and Advertising

How Media Shapes What We See

8 min

Reading Media Images

8 min

Decoding Advertising Imagery

8 min

Media and Advertising Analysis Check

10 min

Digital Culture and Application

Visual Culture in the Digital Age

8 min

Memes, Platforms, and Digital Aesthetics

8 min

Visual Culture Analysis for Business

8 min

Visual Culture in Business Context

30 min

Final Assessment: Visual Culture Analysis

12 min

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Challenge Info

Level

Level 1 - Exploration

Subject

Visual Arts

Progress

Rewards

Requirements

No prior visual culture knowledge needed
Interest in media, images, and visual communication
Access to internet for viewing examples

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