Daniel Chandler è una voce di spicco nella semiotica visiva, che esplora come segni e simboli costruiscono significato, in particolare negli ambiti del genere e della pubblicità. Sostiene un approccio costruttivista, postulando che il significato non è intrinseco ma viene attivamente negoziato dall'osservatore. Il lavoro di Chandler offre una lente critica attraverso cui comprendere l'onnipresente influenza dei media sulla nostra percezione. La sua dedizione all'istruzione accessibile è evidente nel suo uso pionieristico di Internet per condividere risorse complete, promuovendo uno spazio dinamico per l'apprendimento e lo scambio intellettuale.
This new dictionary includes over 2,200 concise, accessible, and extensively cross-referenced entries for terms regularly encountered by students and professionals working within the diverse fields of media and communication studies, including advertising, digital culture, new media, telecommunications, and visual culture.
Using jargon-free language and lively, up-to-date examples, Semiotics: The Basics demystifies this highly interdisciplinary subject. It is ideal for newcomers to semiotics.
This is the revolutionary thought experiment proposed by the twentieth century's greatest political philosopher, John Rawls. As economist and philosopher Daniel Chandler argues in this hugely ambitious and exhilarating intervention, it is by rediscovering Rawls that we can find a way out of the escalating crises that are devastating our world today. Taking Rawls's humane and egalitarian liberalism as his starting point, Chandler builds a careful and ultimately irresistible case for a progressive agenda that would fundamentally reshape our societies for the better. He shows how we can protect free speech and transcend the culture wars; get money out of politics; and create an economy where everyone has the chance to fulfil their potential, where prosperity is widely shared, and which operates within the limits of our finite planet. This is a book brimming with hope and possibility - a galvanising alternative to the cynicism that pervades our politics. Free and Equal has the potential not only to transform contemporary debate, but to offer a touchstone for a modern, egalitarian liberalism for many years to come, cementing Rawls's place in political discourse, and firmly establishing Chandler as a vital new voice for our time. -- Provided by publisher