Abstract
In the previous issue of Communication Research Trends (Vol. 11, No. 2), Keyan Tomaselli and Arnold Shepperson from the Centre for Cultural and Media Studies, University of Natal, surveyed the tangled vines of the field of semiotics and explained how, following one of the many paths through this 'forest of symbols', they are trying to develop semiotics into an instrument of social and cultural criticism and reform.
In the present number (11/3) of Communication Research Trends the same discussion is continued through a series of individual book reviews contributed by both senior and junior members of the same Centre. Again, the editors feel you may find these reviews more judgemental than what you usually read in these pages. This reflects the Critical-Cultural Studies approach to research adopted by the authors, and the reviewers say what they wish to say in the way they wish to say it. They are, however, the opinions of the authors not necessarily those of the editors.
The views of the latter are reserved for the section 'Perspective', following the several long reviews in this issue. There we try to suggest how semiotics can be of use to the practical communicator -- especially the religious communicator.
The discussion of semiotics is closed by an annotated bibliography of some of the most important books in semiotics and related fields published in recent years.
Finally, we turn from semiotics to our regular 'book notes' where some of the recent publications in other areas of communication studies are described.
Recommended Citation
(1991)
"Popularising Semiotics (continued),"
Communication Research Trends: Vol. 11:
No.
2, Article 1.
Available at:
https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/crt/vol11/iss2/1