Description
Book SynopsisProviding a dynamic, forward-looking reorientation towards a new universe of reference, Remodelling Communication makes a significant, productive contribution to communication theory.
Trade Review'A useful resource for people in critical cultural studies, media studies, semiotics, and communication... Recommended.' -- W. Alvarez Choice Magazine; vol 50:03:2012 'This book tackles a challenging issue of tracing the communication models from the beginning of the field of communication to the present... This is an intriguing and important book.' -- Emile McAnany Communication Research Trends vol 34:01:2015 'This text provides intriguing contextualization of the seminal communication models and points the reader down further argumentative paths.' -- Aaron Tucker University of Toronto Quarterly vol 84:03:2015
Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction 1 Regaining Weaver and Shannon 2 Encoding and Decoding Stuart Hall 3 Roman Jakobson and the Primacy of the Poetic 4 All Models are Simulations: Jean Baudrillard's Critique of Communication 5 Phatic (Dys)functions 6 Umberto Eco and Guerrilla Decoding 7 From General Modelling to Metamodelling Conclusion Notes Index
