On representations and emerging genres of AI-generated images
Informazioni aggiuntive
Autori
Tipo
Contributo in libro
Anno
2026
Lingua
Inglese
Sommario
As AI systems increasingly mediate the production of visual content, AI-generated images are giving rise to novel visual image-worlds, representational practices and visual genres that merit closer analysis from the perspective of visual communication studies. The chapter starts with a definition of visual genres and identifies some emerging genres of AI imagery, including synthetic portraiture, speculative imagery and algorithmic non-fiction. A part of the discussion will focus on the question of whether AI-generated images themselves are to be considered a new genre, create new visual genres or remediate existing ones. The chapter then engages with the representational politics of AI-generated imagery, foregrounding issues of visual and algorithmic biases and how these problematic aspects that have been studied extensively in visual research translate into visual representations produced with AI technologies. These considerations are connected to a discussion of literacy and the limits of literacy as well as of how visual communication could (and should) contribute to accompanying the ongoing transformations of our visual communication environments.
Parole chiave
AI literacy, AI-generated visuals, Genres, Representation, Synthetic visuals, Visual bias
Libro
Six critical lenses on AI-generated images
Pagine (o numero dell’articolo)
120-145
ISBN
9781003740261
Diffusione
Licenza
CC BY-NC-ND
Visibilità
Pubblico
Status open access
Gold
