This course aims at understanding semiotic structure of mediated discourse such as newspapers, advertisements, and cartoons. Students are encouraged to collect their own data to observe what is beyond the textual elements in the media.
課題・評価
Regular attendance, reading assignments, data collection, a mid-term project and/or exam, and a final paper.
テキスト
Handouts and articles.
参考文献
Kress, Gunther and Theo van Leeuwen. 1996. Reading Images: The Grammar of Visual Design. London: Routledge. Vestergaard, Torben, and Kim Schroder. 1985. The Language of Advertising. Oxford: Blackwell. Visual Communication (journal) To be further announced in class.
受講生への要望
Students are expected to attend the class regularly and actively particpate in class discussions.
授業計画
１．What is discourse? ２．What is semiotics? ３．Composition of semiotic elements ４．Analysis of newspaper front pages ５．Visual persuasion in advertisement ６．Visual metaphor ７．Text vs. Image
A workshop will be given after each topic.
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