Visual studies a social scientific perspective

Looking, seeing, and historical notions of the eye -- The look as a medium -- A history of vision -- Tools for analysing images -- What exactly an image is -- The tension between the icon and the index -- The role of social interaction -- Immersive viewing, from Byzantine icons to virtual reality -- Applications of visual studies -- The significance of faces -- Cameras, environments, and 'good' images -- The visual culture of death -- X-rays between science and popular culture -- Shadows: Between light and darkness.