Semiotics
The Basics

I didn't read all of it, but this is the ultimate introductory guide for those who tend to feel slightly lost at times when reading the works of the classic instigators of semiotics like Saussure, Peirce, Lacan, Foucault, Eco, Derrida and Barthes.......more

I started this book via an online version of Professor Chandler and got hooked, so I bought the book! He is so kind to put all his book on line for free! The online version even has links between each section! Anyway, I like the idea of being able to carry the book with me. It is heavy reading for p......more

I used this in an upper-division undergrad course on "Digital Writing" to introduce students to the idea of semiotics. I had them read the "Introduction" "Signs" and "Modality and Representation" sections. I appreciated Chandler's coverage of multiple schools of thought w/in semiotics, though I thin......more

This book is super important and very well written, and a must for any student of cultural studies. If you’re academically involved in any of the subjects discussed, I’d recommend rereading it over and over as it’s not very easy to grasp the basics of semiotics, and the subject is relevant to so man......more