Hi, Daniel These relations keep cropping up in literature under different names. I suggested using the terms ‘consonance’, ‘dissonance', ‘polyphony’, and ‘accompaniment' in a 2010 chapter dealing with web documentaries. I have later learned that I was far from the first to give these relations a name, but I don’t think there is any established consensus. Fagerjord, Anders. “Multimodal Polyphony: Analysis of a Flash Documentary”. Inside Multimodal Composition Ed. Andrew Morrison. New York: Hampton Press, 2010. (Preprint: http://fagerjord.no/downloads/polyphony_preprint.pdf) Best, —anders -- Anders Fagerjord, dr.art. Associate professor Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo Norwegian Media Technology Lab, Gjøvik University College P.O. Box 1093 Blindern N-0317 OSLO Norway http://www.media.uio.no http://fagerjord.no 2. aug. 2014 kl. 02:16 skrev Daniel Jung <jung@uib.no<mailto:jung@uib.no>>: Hi all, I have a question, or a request for literature. Short version: Is there a general taxonomy, or model, of text/image-relationships for web design? Long version: In his excellent book "Information Design : An Introduction" (John Benjamins 2002), p. 40, Rune Pettersson postulates four relationships between text and media objects, such as images or film. - redundant (similar information conveyed, such as sub-titles for TV) - relevant (supplementing information) - irrelevant (pictures and text and probably sound in TV programmes dealing with different things) - contradictory (disastrous in information design, but possibly beneficial for persuasion) This book describes a general framework and not specific design areas. The preface states explicitly that modern web design is not included. I have been looking for a kind of general taxonomy of relationships between text and images in web design, but haven't found anything really satisfactory. I have found some novel-, or work-specific articles. One of the most interesting articles is Thomas Wartenberg, 'Wordy Pictures: Theorizing the Relationship between Image and Text in Comics' in Meskin's "The Art of Comics: A Philosophical Approach" (2011). In a critique of Scott McCloud, he claims four functions of text in comics: thought or speech; narration; pictorial element; sonic event. But this is too specifically targetted on comics. I would like to see a model like Pettersson's, but more fleshed out, newer, and, above all, applied to (or coming from) web design. Does anyone have a pointer for me? Thank you very much! - Daniel _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org<mailto:Air-L@listserv.aoir.org> mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/