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by <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia">bakuvia</a><br/>Tags:  <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/culture"  title="culture">culture</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/meaning"  title="meaning">meaning</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/Lotman"  title="Lotman">Lotman</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/contexts"  title="contexts">contexts</a><br/><br/><a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=8N3tz66LcHQ&offerid=99238.10000006&type=4&subid=0"><IMG  
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by <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia">bakuvia</a><br/>Tags:  <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/data"  title="data">data</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/culture"  title="culture">culture</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/observation"  title="observation">observation</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/research"  title="research">research</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/classroom"  title="classroom">classroom</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/contexts"  title="contexts">contexts</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/qualitative"  title="qualitative">qualitative</a>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:23:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">item_id_43545_3629</guid><dc:creator>bakuvia</dc:creator><category>data</category><category>culture</category><category>observation</category><category>research</category><category>classroom</category><category>contexts</category><category>qualitative</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Participant Observation]]></title><link>http://reader2.com/bakuvia</link><description><![CDATA[A guide to developing observation skills for research. Useful book for beginners new to research. Very good overview of enthonography and cultural perspectives.
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by <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia">bakuvia</a><br/>Tags:  <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/data"  title="data">data</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/culture"  title="culture">culture</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/ethnography"  title="ethnography">ethnography</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/research"  title="research">research</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/contexts"  title="contexts">contexts</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/qualitative"  title="qualitative">qualitative</a>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:18:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">item_id_43544_3629</guid><dc:creator>bakuvia</dc:creator><category>data</category><category>culture</category><category>ethnography</category><category>research</category><category>contexts</category><category>qualitative</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cyber Spaces/Social Spaces: Culture Clash in Computerized Classrooms]]></title><link>http://reader2.com/bakuvia</link><description><![CDATA[An interesting overview of the impact of technology in the classroom. An early review dating from circa 2000-2002. Has a really interesting first chapter on cultural perspectives and classroom contexts.
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by <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia">bakuvia</a><br/>Tags:  <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/technology"  title="technology">technology</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/culture"  title="culture">culture</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/classroom"  title="classroom">classroom</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/contexts"  title="contexts">contexts</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/contestation"  title="contestation">contestation</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/distuptive"  title="distuptive">distuptive</a>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:15:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">item_id_43543_3629</guid><dc:creator>bakuvia</dc:creator><category>technology</category><category>culture</category><category>classroom</category><category>contexts</category><category>contestation</category><category>distuptive</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Cult of iPod]]></title><link>http://reader2.com/bakuvia</link><description><![CDATA[A light-hearted look at iPod culture.
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by <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia">bakuvia</a><br/>Tags:  <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/technology"  title="technology">technology</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/culture"  title="culture">culture</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/digital"  title="digital">digital</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/ipod"  title="ipod">ipod</a>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:07:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">item_id_43546_3629</guid><dc:creator>bakuvia</dc:creator><category>technology</category><category>culture</category><category>digital</category><category>ipod</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Introduction to Cybercultures]]></title><link>http://reader2.com/bakuvia</link><description><![CDATA[A collection of short stories about Cyberculture - what it is, what it means with a particular focus on narrative, culture and communities in cyberspace.
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by <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia">bakuvia</a><br/>Tags:  <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/culture"  title="culture">culture</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/narrative"  title="narrative">narrative</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/cyberspace"  title="cyberspace">cyberspace</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/digital"  title="digital">digital</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/cyberculture"  title="cyberculture">cyberculture</a>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:01:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">item_id_43540_3629</guid><dc:creator>bakuvia</dc:creator><category>culture</category><category>narrative</category><category>cyberspace</category><category>digital</category><category>cyberculture</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything]]></title><link>http://reader2.com/bakuvia</link><description><![CDATA[A really interesting book about collaborative culture and the use of wikis to proliferate knowledge.
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by <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia">bakuvia</a><br/>Tags:  <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/culture"  title="culture">culture</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/knowledge"  title="knowledge">knowledge</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/collaboration"  title="collaboration">collaboration</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/wikis"  title="wikis">wikis</a>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:58:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">item_id_43539_3629</guid><dc:creator>bakuvia</dc:creator><category>culture</category><category>knowledge</category><category>collaboration</category><category>wikis</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution]]></title><link>http://reader2.com/bakuvia</link><description><![CDATA[An overview of mobile communication technologies alongside discussions from sociology, artificial intelligence, economics and anthropology... and their cultural impact and influence.
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by <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia">bakuvia</a><br/>Tags:  <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/mobile"  title="mobile">mobile</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/culture"  title="culture">culture</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/ai"  title="ai">ai</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/technologies"  title="technologies">technologies</a>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:56:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">item_id_1093_3629</guid><dc:creator>bakuvia</dc:creator><category>mobile</category><category>culture</category><category>ai</category><category>technologies</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interpretation of Cultures]]></title><link>http://reader2.com/bakuvia</link><description><![CDATA[A useful introduction to culture and cultural studies - very readable.
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by <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia">bakuvia</a><br/>Tags:  <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/anthropology"  title="anthropology">anthropology</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/culture"  title="culture">culture</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/semiotics"  title="semiotics">semiotics</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/ethnomethodology"  title="ethnomethodology">ethnomethodology</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/Geertz"  title="Geertz">Geertz</a>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:49:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">item_id_27940_3629</guid><dc:creator>bakuvia</dc:creator><category>anthropology</category><category>culture</category><category>semiotics</category><category>ethnomethodology</category><category>Geertz</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Glass Bead Game]]></title><link>http://reader2.com/bakuvia</link><description><![CDATA[A very interesting novel about knowledge, complexity and culture set in the 23rd century.
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by <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia">bakuvia</a><br/>Tags:  <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/culture"  title="culture">culture</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/game"  title="game">game</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/knowledge"  title="knowledge">knowledge</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/meaning"  title="meaning">meaning</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/Hesse"  title="Hesse">Hesse</a>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:36:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">item_id_43536_3629</guid><dc:creator>bakuvia</dc:creator><category>culture</category><category>game</category><category>knowledge</category><category>meaning</category><category>Hesse</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Literature and Semiotics: A Study of the Writings of Yuri Lotman]]></title><link>http://reader2.com/bakuvia</link><description><![CDATA[
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by <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia">bakuvia</a><br/>Tags:  <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/culture"  title="culture">culture</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/semiotics"  title="semiotics">semiotics</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/Lotman"  title="Lotman">Lotman</a>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2006 08:28:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">item_id_22243_3629</guid><dc:creator>bakuvia</dc:creator><category>culture</category><category>semiotics</category><category>Lotman</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Vision of Vygotsky]]></title><link>http://reader2.com/bakuvia</link><description><![CDATA[This book will introduce students to Vygotskian theories of teaching, learning, and development and show how that theory can be applied in current classrooms. Vygotsky&#39;s work continues to be applied and studied in Teacher Education and Educational Psychology. 
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by <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia">bakuvia</a><br/>Tags:  <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/education"  title="education">education</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/culture"  title="culture">culture</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/sociocultural"  title="sociocultural">sociocultural</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/activity"  title="activity">activity</a>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2006 08:26:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">item_id_22242_3629</guid><dc:creator>bakuvia</dc:creator><category>education</category><category>culture</category><category>sociocultural</category><category>activity</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charting the Agenda: Educational Activity after Vygotsky]]></title><link>http://reader2.com/bakuvia</link><description><![CDATA[Vygotsky was one of the most talented and creative Soviet psychologists. His innovative theories of thought and speech are important not only for psychology but for other disciplines also - linguistics, education, semiotics and sociology. As the ideas of Piaget have decreased in popularity so those of Vygotsky have increased and his impact in these other areas has begun to be felt. This is especially so in the field of education, and in Charting the Agenda Harry Daniels has brought together a range of experts to explore the work of Vygotsky and its influence and impact for educational practice. The book is divided into three parts. The first two provide a general introduction to Vygotsky&#39;s work and explore the theoretical developments. The final part is concerned with the educational implications of Vygotsky&#39;s work. 
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by <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia">bakuvia</a><br/>Tags:  <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/education"  title="education">education</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/culture"  title="culture">culture</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/language"  title="language">language</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/thought"  title="thought">thought</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/activity"  title="activity">activity</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/tool"  title="tool">tool</a>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2006 08:25:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">item_id_22241_3629</guid><dc:creator>bakuvia</dc:creator><category>education</category><category>culture</category><category>language</category><category>thought</category><category>activity</category><category>tool</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Process of Communication]]></title><link>http://reader2.com/bakuvia</link><description><![CDATA[
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by <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia">bakuvia</a><br/>Tags:  <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/culture"  title="culture">culture</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/semiotics"  title="semiotics">semiotics</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/communication"  title="communication">communication</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/meaning"  title="meaning">meaning</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/semiosis"  title="semiosis">semiosis</a>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2006 08:23:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">item_id_22240_3629</guid><dc:creator>bakuvia</dc:creator><category>culture</category><category>semiotics</category><category>communication</category><category>meaning</category><category>semiosis</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Communications as Culture: Essays on Media and Society]]></title><link>http://reader2.com/bakuvia</link><description><![CDATA[Carey&#39;s seminal work joins central issues in the field and redefines them. It will force the reader to think in new and fruitful ways about such dichotomies as transmissions vs. ritual, administrative vs. critical, positivist vs. marxist, and cultural vs. power-orientated approaches to communications study. An historically inspired treatment of major figures and theories, required reading for the sophisticated scholar&#39; - George Gerbner, University of Pennsylvania &quot;...offers a mural of thought with a rich background, highlighted by such thoughts as communication being the &#39;maintenance of society in time&#39;.&quot; - Cast/Communication Booknotes These essays encompass much more than a critique of an academic discipline. Carey&#39;s lively thought, lucid style, and profound scholarship propel the reader through a wide and varied intellectual landscape, particularly as these issues have affected Modern American thought. As entertaining as it is enlightening, Communication as Culture is certain to become a classic in its field. <br />
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by <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia">bakuvia</a><br/>Tags:  <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/culture"  title="culture">culture</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/communication"  title="communication">communication</a>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2006 08:22:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">item_id_22239_3629</guid><dc:creator>bakuvia</dc:creator><category>culture</category><category>communication</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mythologies]]></title><link>http://reader2.com/bakuvia</link><description><![CDATA[
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by <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia">bakuvia</a><br/>Tags:  <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/culture"  title="culture">culture</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/semiotics"  title="semiotics">semiotics</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/semiology"  title="semiology">semiology</a>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2006 08:15:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">item_id_22235_3629</guid><dc:creator>bakuvia</dc:creator><category>culture</category><category>semiotics</category><category>semiology</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Media Semiotics]]></title><link>http://reader2.com/bakuvia</link><description><![CDATA[This is an expanded and revised edition of an investigation of the critical approach in contemporary media studies. The main media studied on university courses (advertising, magazines, the press, TV, cinema, &quot;new media&quot; including computer games, the Internet and the World Wide ) are all addressed substantially and in separate detailed chapters. New material in this second edition includes sections on men&#39;s style magazines, docusoaps and &quot;reality TV&quot;, digital interactive television, and mobile phone text messaging. It begins by explaining the concept of the sign and the ideological roles of media in contemporary culture and then scrutinises advertisements, glossy magazines, daily newspapers, TV programmes, recent films, and interactive media, with each chapter containing close analyses of particular examples. Key strands in critical theory such as ideology and psychanalytic theory are explored and challenges to established semiotic methods posed by audience studies and postmodernism are discussed. <br />
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by <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia">bakuvia</a><br/>Tags:  <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/technology"  title="technology">technology</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/culture"  title="culture">culture</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/semiotics"  title="semiotics">semiotics</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/postmodernism"  title="postmodernism">postmodernism</a>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2006 08:13:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">item_id_22234_3629</guid><dc:creator>bakuvia</dc:creator><category>technology</category><category>culture</category><category>semiotics</category><category>postmodernism</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[total Interaction]]></title><link>http://reader2.com/bakuvia</link><description><![CDATA[Interactivity is the catchword for a wide range of innovative solutions that concept designers and engineers are developing in every area of technology and culture. For the authors interaction is more than a technological or aesthetic concept, it is a new means to ally humans and technology in a dynamic and reciprocal form of &quot;living in technology&quot;. This publication gathers together scientists and contributors from diverse fields of activity, providing a fascinating, up-to-date survey of the technological and conceptual equipment of experts engaged in aesthetic disciplines and product design. The editor, Professor Gerhard M. Buurman, is Head of Interactiondesign at the University of Art, Media and Design (HGKZ) in Zurich
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by <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia">bakuvia</a><br/>Tags:  <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/technology"  title="technology">technology</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/culture"  title="culture">culture</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/aesthetics"  title="aesthetics">aesthetics</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/visualisation"  title="visualisation">visualisation</a>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2006 08:12:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">item_id_22233_3629</guid><dc:creator>bakuvia</dc:creator><category>technology</category><category>culture</category><category>aesthetics</category><category>visualisation</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Pursuit of Signs]]></title><link>http://reader2.com/bakuvia</link><description><![CDATA[To gain a deeper understanding of the literary movement that has dominated recent Anglo-American literary criticism, The Pursuit of Signs is a must. In a world increasingly mediated, it offers insights into our ways of consuming texts that are both brilliant and bold. Dancing through semiotics, reader-response criticism, the value of the apostrophe and much more, Jonathan Culler opens up for every reader the closed world of literary criticism. Its impact on first publication, in 1981, was immense; now, as Mieke Bal notes, &#39;the book has the same urgency and acuity that it had then&#39;, though today it has even wider implications: &#39;with the interdisciplinary turn taking hold, literary theory itself, through this book, becomes a much more widespread tool for cultural analysis&#39;. <br />
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by <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia">bakuvia</a><br/>Tags:  <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/literary"  title="literary">literary</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/culture"  title="culture">culture</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/semiotics"  title="semiotics">semiotics</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/semiology"  title="semiology">semiology</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/mediation"  title="mediation">mediation</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/sign"  title="sign">sign</a>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2006 08:11:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">item_id_22232_3629</guid><dc:creator>bakuvia</dc:creator><category>literary</category><category>culture</category><category>semiotics</category><category>semiology</category><category>mediation</category><category>sign</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Barthes]]></title><link>http://reader2.com/bakuvia</link><description><![CDATA[This acclaimed short study, originally published in 1983, and now thoroughly updated, elucidates the varied theoretical contributions of Roland Barthes (1915-80), the &#39;incomparable enlivener of the literary mind&#39;, whose lifelong fascination was with the way people make their world intelligible. He has a multi-faceted claim to fame: to some he is the structuralist who outlined a &#39;science of literature&#39;, and the most prominent promoter of semiology; and to others, he stands not for science but pleasure, espousing a theory of literature which gives the reader a creative role. This book describes the many projects, which Barthes explored and which helped to change the way we think about a range of cultural phenomena - from literature, fashion, wrestling, and advertising, to notions of the self, of history, and of nature. 
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by <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia">bakuvia</a><br/>Tags:  <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/literary"  title="literary">literary</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/culture"  title="culture">culture</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/semiotics"  title="semiotics">semiotics</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/structuralism"  title="structuralism">structuralism</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/Barthes"  title="Barthes">Barthes</a>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2006 08:09:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">item_id_22231_3629</guid><dc:creator>bakuvia</dc:creator><category>literary</category><category>culture</category><category>semiotics</category><category>structuralism</category><category>Barthes</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Semiotic Investigations]]></title><link>http://reader2.com/bakuvia</link><description><![CDATA[In &quot;Semiotic Investigations&quot;, Alec McHoul develops a theory of meaning that he calls &quot;effective semiotics&quot; - a theory that investigates &quot;the ways in which signs have meaning by virtue of their actual uses.&quot; As McHoul notes, &quot;these uses take place in a number of &#39;media,&#39; the most important of which is the medium of history - so important, in fact, that it catches up all the other possible media of semiosis, including everyday life and language, fiction, film, talk, art, mathematics, [and] photography.&quot; McHoul expounds his theory of effective semiotics - of &quot;meaning-as-use&quot; - in a series of provocative chapters on diverse topics. He begins by examining the relations between semiotics and history and between semiotics and specific communities. He elaborates on the nature of these relations by demonstrating the &quot;effective semiotics&quot; of a particular photograph from the 1880s, episodes from the film Singin&#39; in the Rain and the Batman comics, literary works, children&#39;s primers, popular accounts of science, and many other objects, artifacts, and experiences. 
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by <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia">bakuvia</a><br/>Tags:  <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/culture"  title="culture">culture</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/semiotics"  title="semiotics">semiotics</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/meaning"  title="meaning">meaning</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/semiosis"  title="semiosis">semiosis</a>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2006 08:01:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">item_id_22225_3629</guid><dc:creator>bakuvia</dc:creator><category>culture</category><category>semiotics</category><category>meaning</category><category>semiosis</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Language of New Media]]></title><link>http://reader2.com/bakuvia</link><description><![CDATA[Offering a theory of new media, this book places the recent developments within the history of visual culture of the last few centuries. The reliance on old conventions as well as ideas unique to new media are explored, with particular emphasis on the role of the cinema. 
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by <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia">bakuvia</a><br/>Tags:  <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/culture"  title="culture">culture</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/media"  title="media">media</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/language"  title="language">language</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/semiotics"  title="semiotics">semiotics</a>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2006 07:57:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">item_id_22224_3629</guid><dc:creator>bakuvia</dc:creator><category>culture</category><category>media</category><category>language</category><category>semiotics</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Messages, Signs and Meanings: A Basic Textbook in Semiotics and Communication]]></title><link>http://reader2.com/bakuvia</link><description><![CDATA[This text is designed to provide a basic introduction to semiotics and communication theory, with plenty of examples from and applications to popular culture. It aims to make accessible the technical and often abstruse subject matter of sign theory in practical ways, with illustrations in such areas as myth, storytelling, television, advertising, clothing, and architecture. Without overwhelming, this introduction allows students and interested general readers to get a comprehensive look at what semiotics and communication theory are all about. <br />
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by <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia">bakuvia</a><br/>Tags:  <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/culture"  title="culture">culture</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/semiotics"  title="semiotics">semiotics</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/meaning"  title="meaning">meaning</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/semiosis"  title="semiosis">semiosis</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/sign"  title="sign">sign</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/semiosphere"  title="semiosphere">semiosphere</a>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2006 07:55:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">item_id_22223_3629</guid><dc:creator>bakuvia</dc:creator><category>culture</category><category>semiotics</category><category>meaning</category><category>semiosis</category><category>sign</category><category>semiosphere</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Postmodern Adventure: science, technology, and cultural studies at the Third Millennium]]></title><link>http://reader2.com/bakuvia</link><description><![CDATA[Massive geopolitical shifts and dramatic developments in computerization and biotechnology are heralding the transformation from the modern to the postmodern age. We are confronted with altered modes of work, communication, and entertainment; new postindustrial and political networks; novel approaches to warfare; genetic engineering; and even cloning. This compelling book explores the challenges to theory, politics, and human identity that we face on the threshold of the third millennium. It follows on the successor of Best and Kellner&#39;s two previous books, Postmodern Theory, acclaimed as the best critical introduction to the field - and The Postmodern Turn, which provides a powerful mapping of postmodern developments developments in the arts, politics, science, and theory. In The Postmodern Adventure, Best and Kellner analyze a broad array of literary, cultural, and political phenomena from fiction, film, science, and the Internet, to globalization and the rise of a transnational image culture. They use the best of modern and postmodern perspectives to illuminate contemporary life and to strive for a just and viable future.
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by <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia">bakuvia</a><br/>Tags:  <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/technology"  title="technology">technology</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/culture"  title="culture">culture</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/postmodernism"  title="postmodernism">postmodernism</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/communication"  title="communication">communication</a>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2006 07:51:33 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">item_id_18621_3629</guid><dc:creator>bakuvia</dc:creator><category>technology</category><category>culture</category><category>postmodernism</category><category>communication</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reading Digital Culture]]></title><link>http://reader2.com/bakuvia</link><description><![CDATA[Reading Digital Culture brings together key essays that have established the terms of the debate about the future of information technology. Definitive essays by many of the field&#39;s most widely read commentators - Virilio, Haraway, Landow, Castells, Aronowitz, Plant, Ross, Zizek, Guattari - range across issues that are central to digital life and culture: knowledge production, cyber-identity, computer art, online community, Internet commerce, and the effect of technology on work and leisure. With contributions from both inside and outside the technology field, Reading Digital Culture will be essential reading for anyone interested in - and living in the midst of - the digital revolution. 
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by <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia">bakuvia</a><br/>Tags:  <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/technology"  title="technology">technology</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/culture"  title="culture">culture</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/communication"  title="communication">communication</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/knowledge"  title="knowledge">knowledge</a> <a href="http://reader2.com/bakuvia/meaning"  title="meaning">meaning</a>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2006 07:45:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">item_id_22219_3629</guid><dc:creator>bakuvia</dc:creator><category>technology</category><category>culture</category><category>communication</category><category>knowledge</category><category>meaning</category></item></channel></rss>
