Visual Culture - Concept Map

This is my initial response into the exploration of visual culture. I have seperated the words 'Visual' and 'Culture' and also tried to explore them as a whole.

Visual mediums include text and images or a fusion of the two. Both of these are interpretted by the individual and become a part of their conciousness based on their experiences and social group. This is one way that people define their own self image.

Culture can be broken down into high and low culture: Examples of high culture being poetry, classical music and theatre. Low culture examples include glossy magazines, popular music and works of fiction.

However, it can be argued that the boundaries between what has classicaly been associated with high and low culture are blurring. Producing subcultures as described by the likes of Susan Sontag, in her 1964 work "Notes On 'Camp'"