Understanding Media Semiotics (Danesi Marcel)(Paperback)

Understanding Media Semiotics (Danesi Marcel)(Paperback)

Media semiotics is a valuable method of focusing on the hidden meanings within media texts. This new edition brings Understanding Media Semiotics fully up to date and is written for students of the media, of linguistics and those interested in studying the ever-changing media in more detail

The Semiotics of Love (Danesi Marcel)(Paperback)

The Semiotics of Love brings together work on early symbolism, literary practices, and contemporary communication on the theme of romance and the idea of love to forge an understanding of the semiotic-cultural side of romance. Moving beyond psychological and neuroscientific scholarly analyses of

Media semiotics (Bignell Jonathan)(Paperback)

Media semiotics is a lucid investigation of the critical approach in contemporary media studies. Using examples such as Big Brother and Billy Elliot, Jonathan Bignell steps easily from basic concepts to more complex theories, while devoting chapters to specific media forms. New material in this

Italian Demystified (Danesi Marcel)(Paperback)

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Say arrivederci to your fears of learning Italian with the updated premium edition of this fast, painless

Advanced Italian Grammar (Danesi Marcel)(Paperback)

More practice to expand your Italian skills The Practice Makes Perfect series has helped thousands learn the basics of Italian, from vocabulary to prepositions, verbs, and beyond. Now this innovative series turns its attention to advanced students of Italian who have the foundation of good language

Understanding Media Production (Dwyer Paul)(Paperback)

Using in-depth analysis of film, TV, news and online productions, Understanding Media Production shows how media theory helps aspiring producers understand good practice in media production.With detailed contemporary examples, including Pirates of The Caribbean, Game of Thrones, Love Island and

Understanding the Media (Devereux Eoin)(Paperback)

This is a lucid and lively introduction to key concepts and developments in media and media studies. The new edition, with updated case studies and a good range of online reading, is a valuable resource for both students and lecturers. - Chindu Sreedharan, Bournemouth University 'Has expanded the

A Theory of Semiotics (Eco Umberto)(Paperback)

' . . . the greatest contribution to [semiotics] since the pioneering work of C. S. Peirce and Charles Morris.' --Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism' . . . draws on philosophy, linguistics, sociology, anthropology and aesthetics and refers to a wide range of scholarship . . . raises many

Handbook of Semiotics (Noth Winfried)(Paperback)

'This is the most systematic discussion of semiotics yet published.' --Choice'A bravura performance.' --Thomas Sebeok'N th's handbook is an outstanding encyclopedia that provides first-rate information on many facets of sign-related studies, research results, and applications.' --Social Sciences in

Introducing Semiotics: A Graphic Guide (Cobley Paul)(Paperback)

Introducing Semiotics outlines the development of semioticsthe study of signs and signifiers in the world around usfrom its classical precursors to contemporary post-structuralism. It identifies the key semioticians and their work and explains the simple concepts behind difficult

Understanding Media Economics (Doyle Gillian)(Paperback)

′This book provides an extremely well written and informative introduction to the subject of media economics, characterized by clarity in the explanation of concepts or frameworks and by a balanced discussion for the respective positions in areas of debate′ - Paul MacDonald, Roehampton

Understanding Global Media (Flew Terry)(Paperback)

Now updated in a second edition, this comprehensive and theoretically rich overview of global media production and reception analyses the subject through seven core concepts - technology, power, economics, geography, institutions, culture and policy - and draws insight from a range of

Understanding Social Media (Hjorth Larissa)(Pevná vazba)

Exploring questions of both exploitation and empowerment, Understanding Social Media provides a critical conceptual toolbox for navigating the evolution and practices of social media. Taking an interdisciplinary and intercultural approach, it explores the key themes and concepts, going beyond

Understanding Media Ethics (Horner David Sanford)(Paperback)

Our new media landscape of social networking, blogging, and interactivity has forever changed how media content is produced and distributed. Choices about how to gather, evaluate and publish information are ever more complex. This blurring of boundaries between general public values and the values

Remediation: Understanding New Media (Bolter Jay David)(Paperback)

A new framework for considering how all media constantly borrow from and refashion other media.Media critics remain captivated by the modernist myth of the new: they assume that digital technologies such as the World Wide Web, virtual reality, and computer graphics must divorce themselves from

Understanding New Media (Siapera Eugenia)(Paperback)

The new media landscape touches every aspect of our social, political and cultural lives. It is more important than ever, therefore, that we are able to understand and explain the complexity of our digital world. Understanding New Media gives students the tools and the knowledge they need to make

The Media Education Manifesto (Buckingham David)(Paperback)

In the age of social media, fake news and data-driven capitalism, the need for critical understanding is more urgent than ever. Half-baked ideas about 'media literacy' will lead us nowhere: we need a comprehensive and coherent educational approach. We all need to think critically about how media

Contours of the Flesh: The Semiotics of Pain (Juschka Darlene M.)(Paperback)

Visual Communication: Understanding Images in Media Culture (Aiello Giorgia)(Paperback)

In today's digital media environment we are creating and consuming more images than ever before. From the importance of image in politics, to the ubiquity of the 'selfie' across social media platforms, visual communication is increasingly central to our everyday mediated lives. It is more

New Media and Society (Rohlinger Deana a.)(Paperback)

A sociological approach to understanding new media's impact on society We use cell phones, computers, and tablets to access the Internet, read the news, watch television, chat with our friends, make our appointments, and post on social networking sites. New media provide the backdrop for most of

Media and the Politics of Offence (Graefer Anne)(Paperback)

Provides a nuanced understanding of mediated offence and challenging mainstream discussions through which offensive media content is often framed and understood by educators and media experts. Sheds light on an underexplored field with diverse theoretical and empirical analyses. Goes far beyond a

La traduction dans tous ses etats (Bellos David)(Paperback / softback)

Landscape Theory in Design (Herrington Susan)(Paperback)

Phenomenology, Materiality, Cybernetics, Palimpsest, Cyborgs, Landscape Urbanism, Typology, Semiotics, Deconstruction - the minefield of theoretical ideas that students must navigate today can be utterly confusing, and how do these theories translate to the design studio? Landscape Theory in

Understanding Media (McLuhan Marshall)(Paperback)

When Marshall McLuhan first coined the phrases global village and the medium is the message in 1964, no-one could have predicted today's information-dependent planet. No-one, that is, except for a handful of science fiction writers and Marshall McLuhan. Understanding Media was written twenty years