Visual Media Education. Audiovisivi e formazione nella società postmediale

The contribution describes some of the main audiovisual functions in the me-dia-educational and didactic field, distinguishing some specific characterizations: cognitive, imaginative and emotional. The outcome of the analysis path is the re-understanding of the audiovisual in the perspective of a post-media education that allows us to recognize different natures: aesthetics, criticism and politics. Three cases are also presented concerning audiovisual in the educational field: that of CAVE conceived by the Audiovisual Centers for Education, that of the digital en-vironment of the MOdE of the University of Bologna, that of the TikTok channel of the CREMIT of the Catholic University of Milan.