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Chapter 1 has given a basic introduction to how to analyse images. This chapter considers the science of signs, or semiotics, which has proved a fruitful way of looking at texts of all kinds. One of the great strengths of a semiotic approach is that the reader is encouraged to look at familiar objects and ideas in a fashion that makes them appear strange; nothing is taken for granted. Because of this, it is conceptually difficult; however the effort is repaid in the resulting analyses.
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Lacey, N. (1998). Semiotics. In: Image and Representation. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-26712-5_3
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