Cultural Advantages Of Pictograms

The exchange of social ideas may provide good ideas in understanding and learning more hidden aspects in the human popular culture and tradition.

In this view, if we consider the public culture elements an important graphic elements and the pictogram as a guide, we could achieve the aim of the present study. More specifically, we have to present the “pictogram concept” which lies in the following concept:

The term pictogram is a collective term used to describe both ‘symbols’ - considered to be abstract representations whose meaning must be learnt - and ‘pictorials’ – more representative pictures depicting messages. [3]p.5

A pictogram is a stylized figurative drawing that is used to convey information of an analogical or figurative nature directly to indicate an object or to express an idea.[1]p.2

Therefore Pictogram is a part of our daily lives through their use because they indicate places, directions, actions or constraints on actions in either the real world (a town, a road, an exhibition etc.) or virtual space (computer desktop, Internet, etc.).[1]p.1 As symbolic languages, pictograms are half-way between being rule-governed systems and being solutions to communication and expression problems.

So that there are a number of recognized advantages of pictograms: Pictograms can make the message more noticeable, They can serve as “instant reminders” of a hazard or an established message, They may improve the message for those with visual or literate difficulties,