Data di Pubblicazione:
2020
Citazione:
Visual semiotics: Key concepts and new directions / G. Aiello - In: The SAGE Handbook of Visual Research Methods / [a cura di] L. Pauwels, D. Mannay. - Riedizione. - Los Angeles : Sage, 2020. - ISBN 9781473978003. - pp. 367-380
Abstract:
This chapter is divided into four parts. First, I briefly outline the main traditions, concepts, and contributions of semiotics as a theoretical and methodological framework. While semiotics is a complex field with multiple schools and strands, I focus specifically on key contributions by Charles S. Peirce and Ferdinand de Saussure, who are widely considered as the main founders of semiotics’ two main lineages. I then move on to discussing the work of Roland Barthes and Jean-Marie Floch; in different ways, their respective bodies of work have shaped the development of visual semiotics as we know it today.Next, I introduce social semiotics as a lead-ing contemporary framework for visual analysis. I discuss how social semiotics has refined and further developed some of the key instruments for visual analysis developed by Barthes and, to a lesser extent, Floch, while also introduc-ing important considerations about the signifi-cance of both context and practice for a semiotic understanding of the visual. Finally, I offer a practical example of how imagery can be exam-ined from a social semiotic standpoint through an original analysis of a stock photograph from the world-leading visual content provider Getty Images. Overall, the chapter aims to offer a general introduction to visual semiotics together with conceptual and methodological tools for visual analysis.
Tipologia IRIS:
03 - Contributo in volume
Keywords:
visual communication; semiotics; social semiotics; visual analysis
Elenco autori:
G. Aiello
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Titolo del libro:
The SAGE Handbook of Visual Research Methods