Paul Cobley

Author of Introducing Semiotics

About the Author

Paul Cobley is the author of the book Introducing Semantics, a teaching guide which outlines the development of sign study. He is also the editor of The Communication Theory Reader and teaches basic communitive studies, communication theory, and popular genre classes at London Guildhall University show more in the Sir John Cass Department of Art. Cobley, along with fellow teacher Adam Briggs, wrote the paper "Relevance and Intertextuality in Young People's Reception of Communication." In the paper, Cobley and Briggs dissect the relationship between advertising and social communication. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Works by Paul Cobley

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Introducing Semiotics (1997) 592 copies, 3 reviews

Narrative (The New Critical Idiom) (2001) 71 copies

The Routledge Companion to Semiotics and Linguistics (Routledge Companions) (2001) 37 copies

The Communication Theory Reader (1996) 25 copies

The Routledge Companion to Semiotics (Routledge Companions) (2009) 22 copies

The American Thriller: Generic Innovation and Social Change in the 1970s (2000) 9 copies

Semiotics Continues to Astonish: Thomas A. Sebeok and the Doctrine of Signs (Semiotics, Communication and Cognition) (2011) 6 copies

Cultural implications of biosemiotics (2016) 5 copies

Theories and Models of Communication (Handbooks of Communication Science, 1) (2013) 4 copies

Introducing Semiotics: A Graphic Guide (Introducing...) 2 copies

The Routledge Companion to Semiotics (Routledge Companions) (2009) 1 copy

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New Narratives: Stories and Storytelling in the Digital Age (Frontiers of Narrative) (2011) — Contributor — 10 copies

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mbattenberg 13 reviews

Introducing Semiotics, Third Edition (Introducing) by Paul Cobley

An excellent intro to semiotic theory. I keep coming back to it whenever I get confused about signifiers and signifieds...... as always, the bibliography is a great resource

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Paulagraph 297 reviews

Introducing Semiotics by Paul Cobley