Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 377 g
Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 377 g
ISBN: 978-0-415-18676-6
Verlag: Routledge
The theoretical insights are applied to thirty advertisements and billboards of British, French, German and Dutch origin. Apart from substantiating the claim that it makes sense to talk about `pictorial metaphors', the detailed analyses of the advertisements suggest how metaphor theory can be employed as a tool in media studies. Context in its various manifestations plays a key role in the analyses. Furthermore, the results of a small-scale experiment shed light on where general agreement about the meaning of a pictorial metaphor can shade over into other more idiosyncratic but equally valid interpretations. The final chapter sketches the ways in which the insights gained can be used for further research.
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Postgraduate
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Weitere Infos & Material
1 Introduction 2 Max Black’s interaction theory of metaphor 3 Towards a theory of pictorial metaphor: Relevant studies 4 Advertising: Word and image and levels of context 5 Communicator and addressee in the advertising message: Relevance theory perspectives 6 Pictorial metaphor in advertisements and billboards: Case studies 7 Individuals’ responses to three IBM billboards: An exploratory experiment 8 Closing remarks