TY - BOOK AU - Hall,Sean TI - This means this, this means that: a user's guide to semiotics SN - 9781856697354 (pbk.) : AV - P99 .H3 2012 U1 - 302.2 HAL PY - 2012/// CY - London PB - Laurence King KW - Semiotics KW - Signs and symbols KW - Media Studies KW - ukslc KW - Graphic design KW - thema KW - Semiotics / semiology N1 - Previous ed.: 2007; Includes bibliographical references; 1.Signs and signing -- 2.Ways of meaning -- 3.Conceptual structures -- 4.Visual structures -- 5.Textual structures -- 6.Matters of interpretation -- 7.Framing meaning -- 8.Stories and storytelling N2 - Semiotics is the theory of signs. Signs are amazingly diverse, from simple road signs that point to a destination, to smoke that warns us of fire, to the culturally-conditioned symbols buried within art & literature. Our reading of signs is a part of everyday life. This book decodes the mystery of semiotics using visual examples ER -