Media Literacy and Semiotics

Media Literacy and Semiotics

Author: E. Gaines

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2010-12-20

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 0230115519

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Media Literacy and Semiotics provides helpful tools to help readers think critically about the meaning of the media images they are exposed to on a daily basis. In this comprehensive book, a basic model of semiotic logic is applied to a variety of media studies to promote critical thinking and media literacy. Elliot Gaines systematically analyzes the hidden meanings in mass-mediated products and texts, and shows how basic meaning structures underlie everything from The Daily Show to television documentaries to infotainment.


Transmediation in the Classroom

Transmediation in the Classroom

Author: Ladislaus Semali

Publisher: Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13:

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Annotation Semali (education, Penn State U.) provides an introduction to 11 contributions on various ways of understanding how transmediation-- the translation and manipulation of sign systems and symbols, moving from one type of "language" to another--can be a framework for teaching and learning in the language arts. Such ideas are a challenge to conventional language teaching methods and to current emphasis on testing. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)


Understanding Media Semiotics

Understanding Media Semiotics

Author: Marcel Danesi

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2018-11-15

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 135006419X

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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. Offering an in-depth guide to help students investigate and understand the media using semiotic theory, this book assumes little previous knowledge of semiotics or linguistics, avoiding jargon and explaining the issues step by step. With in-depth case studies, practical accounts and directed further reading, Understanding Media Semiotics provides students with all the tools they need to understand semiotic analysis in the context of the media. Semiotic analysis is sometimes seen as complicated and difficult to understand; Marcel Danesi shows that on the contrary it can be readily understood and can greatly enrich students' understanding of media texts, from print media right through to the internet and apps.


Media Semiotics

Media Semiotics

Author: Jonathan Bignell

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780719045011

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Using examples such as the Wonderbra advertisements and the film Waterworld, Bignell presents an investigation of the critical approach to contemporary media studies and discusses the challenges posed by post-structuralist theory and postmodernism.


Making New Media

Making New Media

Author: Andrew Burn

Publisher: Peter Lang

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 9781433100857

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Making New Media offers a series of case studies from the author's work with students and teachers from the mid-90s to the present day, charting the dramatic rise of new media in schools. Work across a wide range of media is presented: computer animation, digital video and film, computer games and machinima. The author tackles the vital contemporary themes of literacy and creativity, making an innovative argument for the combination of traditions of social semiotics and cultural studies in the study of literacy and new media. This volume should be read by every undergraduate and graduate student, as well as any faculty member, involved with or interested in any aspect of new media.


Media Literacies

Media Literacies

Author: Michael Hoechsmann

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2012-01-30

Total Pages: 247

ISBN-13: 1405186119

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Media Literacies: A Critical Introduction traces the history of media literacy and grapples with the fresh challenges posed by the convergent media of the 21st century. The book provides a much-needed guide to what it means to be literate in today’s media-saturated environment. Updates traditional models of media literacy by examining how digital media is utilized in today’s convergent culture Explores the history and emergence of media education, the digitally mediated lives of today’s youth, digital literacy, and critical citizenship Complete with sidebar commentary written by leading media researchers and educators spotlighting new research in the field and an annotated bibliography of key texts and resources


Digital and Media Literacy

Digital and Media Literacy

Author: Renee Hobbs

Publisher: Corwin Press

Published: 2011-07-12

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 1412981581

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Leading authority on media literacy education shows secondary teachers how to incorporate media literacy into the curriculum, teach 21st-century skills, and select meaningful texts.


Media Semiotics

Media Semiotics

Author: Jonathan Bignell

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2002-07-05

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780719062056

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Using examples such as the Wonderbra advertisements and the film Waterworld, Bignell presents an investigation of the critical approach to contemporary media studies and discusses the challenges posed by post-structuralist theory and postmodernism.


Handbook of Research on Media Literacy Research and Applications Across Disciplines

Handbook of Research on Media Literacy Research and Applications Across Disciplines

Author: Yildiz, Melda N.

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2019-06-28

Total Pages: 433

ISBN-13: 1522592636

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The digital age has made it easy for anyone, even those with limited technology proficiency, to create some form of media. With so many different types of media and the sheer volume of information coming from a wide array of sources, media literacy has become an essential skill that can be very difficult to learn and teach. The Handbook of Research on Media Literacy Research and Applications Across Disciplines aims to present cross-disciplinary examinations of media literacy, specifically investigating its challenges and solutions and its implications for P-20 education. An assemblage of innovative findings centered on national and international perspectives, with topics including critical thinking and decision-making processes, smart consumerism, recognizing point-of-view, media influence, responsible media creation, cyber threats, media literacy instruction, among others, this book is ideally designed for educators, researchers, activists, instructional designers, media specialists, and professionals.