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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464454203321

Autore

Beasley Ron <1945->

Titolo

Persuasive signs [[electronic resource]] : the semiotics of advertising / by Ron Beasley, Marcel Danesi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, 2002

ISBN

978-3-11-088800-3

Edizione

[Reprint 2010]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 pages)

Collana

Approaches to applied semiotics ; 4

Classificazione

QP 632

Altri autori (Persone)

DanesiMarcel <1946->

Disciplina

659.1/01/4

Soggetti

Werbesprache

Werbebotschaft

Semiotik

Advertising

Signs and symbols

Semiotics

Electronic books

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-190) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Chapter I Advertising as social discourse -- Chapter II Creating recognizability for the product -- Chapter III Creating textuality -- Chapter IV Advertising and culture -- Appendix: Exercises for classroom or personal study use -- Glossary of technical terms -- Works cited and general bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Using both verbal and nonverbal techniques to make its messages as persuasive as possible, advertising has become an integral component of modern-day social discourse designed to influence attitudes and lifestyle behaviors by covertly suggesting how we can best satisfy our innermost urges and aspirations through consumption. This book looks at the categories of this form of discourse from the standpoint of semiotic analysis. It deals with the signifying processes that underlie advertising messages in print, electronic, and digital form.