ABSTRACT

The second edition of this widely used introductory textbook updates the work to take accounts of developments in the last few years. John Fiske's study equips the reader with a range of methods of analysing examples of communication in our society, together with a critical awareness of the theories underpinning them. The reader will be able to tease out the latent cultural meanings in such apparently simple communications as news photos or popular TV programmes.

chapter |5 pages

Introduction What Is Communication?

chapter 1|18 pages

Communication Theory

chapter 2|15 pages

Other Models

chapter 3|25 pages

Communication, Meaning, and Signs

chapter 4|21 pages

Codes

chapter 5|16 pages

Signification

chapter 6|14 pages

Semiotic Methods and Applications

chapter 7|20 pages

Structuralist Theory and Applications

chapter 8|29 pages

Empirical Methods

chapter 9|25 pages

Ideology and Meanings