Abstract
Different definitions of the term are offered from communication theorists. Roman Jakobson’s model of communication process is described. Importance of nonverbal communication is mentioned along with the way messages are transmitted through language or other methods. Umberto Eco’s definition of a sign is mentioned along with his caution that signs can be used to lie.
Application Objects are shown to transmit messages about owners and the ways in which they are used. Work of motivation researcher Ernest Dichter is discussed. Learning games in which students analyze messages they find in an object and what the owner of objects thinks the object means is described.
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Berger, A.A. (2016). Communication: What Objects Tell Us. In: Applied Discourse Analysis. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47181-5_2
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