Multimodality: A Social Semiotic Approach to Contemporary Communication by Gunther Kress

Multimodality: A Social Semiotic Approach to Contemporary Communication



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ISBN: 0415320615, 9780415320610
Page: 236
Publisher: Routledge
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The aim of this paper is to show how a substantive area of social research –learning– can be investigated using a multimodal social semiotic approach. (2009) Multimodality: a Social Semiotic Approach to Contemporary Communication, London: Routledge. Semiotics deals with messages and tries to reveal the processes of meaning making. The Routledge handbook of multimodal analysis. For this, the article outlines a framework using a multimodal social semiotic approach. Reframing Sociocultural Research on Literacy: Identity, Agency. Multimodality: A Social Semiotic Approach to Contemporary. Kress' book details the theory of multimodality as it relates to twenty-first century communication. Animated documentary as a contemporary medium for communication conveys social messages, and it has, as its overall goal, some claims on reality representation. We apply the approach to three different institutions – a school, a museum and a hospital, illustrating key concepts and addressing issues around pedagogy and technology in contemporary society. (2009) The Routledge Handbook of Multimodal Analysis, London:Routledge. Reading Response to Gunther Kress Multimodality A social semiotic approach to contemporary communication. Multimodality and Social Semiosis: Communication, Meaning-Making. Multimodality: A social semiotic approach to contemporary communication.

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