Assignments for today
- Stuart Hall, “The Work of Representation” in Representation (London: Sage, 1997), pp. 15-43.
- Phillip M. Bratta, “Flag Display Post-9/11: A Discourse on American Nationalism,” The Journal of American Culture, Vol. 32, No. 3 (2009): 232–243.
- Guide: Zack's Semiotics PowerPoint shown in class.
- Guide: Semiotics & Communication (an overview)
- Guide: Daniel Chandler's Semiotics for Beginners
CULTURAL ARTIFACTS: Flags, Billboards
For further reading and research
- Semiotics online database (many links)
- Works Progress Administration (WPA) posters, circa the Great Depression and WWII.
- Carrie Rentschler, Carol Stabile and Jonathan Sterne, “United We Stand: Fresh Hoagies Daily,” Bad Subjects #59, February 2002.
- Demetrius W. Pearson and C. Allen Haney, "The Rodeo Cowboy as an American Icon: The Perceived Social and Cultural Significance," Journal of American Culture, Vol. 22, No. 4 (2004): pp. 17-21.
- Stuart Hall, "The Determinations of News Photographs," Working Papers in Cultural Studies, No.3. Reprinted in S.Cohen and J.Young (eds), The Manufacture of News, London: Constable, 1973.
- John Fiske and John Hartley, "The Signs of Television" and "The Codes of Television," Reading Television, pp. 36-67 (Chapters 3 & 4).
- Sau Paulo: A City Without Advertising
