Visual Studies is a major international peer-reviewed journal. Published on behalf of the International Visual Sociology Association, the journal provides a key resource for all disciplines that engage with images, society and culture. The journal publishes visually-oriented articles in a broad range of areas, and aims to establish a high standard of excellence in the scholarly use of visual material.

The multidisciplinary character of the journal is reflected in its attention to visually-based research in sociology, anthropology, cultural and media studies, documentary film and photography, information technology, education, communication studies as well as other fields concerned with image-based study.

This approach is born out of the belief that visual researchers benefit from reading about different methodologies, innovative methods and techniques, and alternative visual paradigms.

The aims of Visual Studies are to:

• Provide an international forum for the development of visual research.
• Promote acceptance and understanding of a wide range of methods, approaches, and paradigms that constitute image-based research.
• Reduce the disparity in emphasis between visual and written studies in the social sciences.
• Promote an interest in developing visual research methodology in all its various forms.
• Encourage research that employs a mixture of visual methods and analytical approaches within one study.
• Encourage debate between empirical and symbolic visual researchers in order to enhance mutual understanding.
• Provide an arena for in-depth exploration of various approaches (e.g. social semiotics), particular methods (e.g. photo-elicitation), themes (e.g. material culture), and visual phenomena (e.g. posture and dance).

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Peer Review Policy:
Research articles published in Visual Studies have undergone peer review. After initial screening by the editor for quality and fit with the journal' objectives, papers are reviewed by at least two anonymous referees with appropriate specialist knowledge.

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