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Communicating Through Pictures

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Organizational Learning and Technological Change

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((NATO ASI F,volume 141))

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In this article we present design consideration for a visual language which may allow users with different linguistic backgrounds to communicate freely. This cross language communication uses icons which are graphically clear, semantically unambiguous, adaptable and above all simple.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Exeter University, UK

    Masoud Yazdani & Stuart Mealing

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  1. Masoud Yazdani
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  1. Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, University La Sapienza, Via dei Marsi 78, I-00185, Rome, Italy

    Cristina Zucchermaglio

  2. Department of Communication, University of Siena, Via del Giglio 14, I-53100, Siena, Italy

    Sebastiano Bagnara

  3. Institute for Research on Learning, 2550 Hanover Street, 94304, Palo Alto, CA, USA

    Susan U. Stucky

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Yazdani, M., Mealing, S. (1995). Communicating Through Pictures. In: Zucchermaglio, C., Bagnara, S., Stucky, S.U. (eds) Organizational Learning and Technological Change. NATO ASI Series, vol 141. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79550-3_18

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