Information Design Journal 15:1

[Information Design Journal, 15:1] 2007. 100 pp.

Publishing status: Available

© John Benjamins Publishing Company

Table of Contents

Comparing typefaces for airport signs Robert Waller	1–15
Research Challenges in Text, Discourse and Communication Max M. Louwerse	16
No laughing matters: The use of humor in texts Heather H. Mitchell	17–20
Images as anti-smoking fear appeals: the effect of emotion on the persuasion process Rian Timmers and Per van der Wijst	21–36
Interview
An interview with Information Designer: Eric Kavanagh Saul Carliner	37–43
Medical communications and information design Jorge Frascara and Stan Ruecker	44–63
Problems in the Field
Knowing your audience: Audience analysis and audience participation in the field? Leon de Stadler and Sarah van der Land	64–68
Information Mapping: Effects of text features and reader characteristics on performance and appreciation Rob Le Pair, Carel Jansen, Hubert Korzilius, Jolanda van Gerdingen, Susanne de Graaf and Rentia Visser	69–83
Research Watch Compiled by Leo Lentz	84–93
Bookreviews
Wayfinding: Designing and Implementing Graphic Navigational Systems. Craig M. Berger, Mies, Switzerland and Hove, United Kingdom: RotoVision, 2005. Reviewed by Emilia Djonov	94–96

Subjects

Communication Studies

Communication Studies

Linguistics

Discourse studies

Psychology

Cognitive psychology

BIC Subject: GTC – Communication studies

BISAC Subject: LAN004000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies