Media are objects with content and character that we describe using
in- phrases: in the story, in the picture, in the movie, in the
dream... Like the propositional attitudes, these objects present a
variety of hard problems for semantic and philosophical analysis.
The Semantics of Media is an organized exploration of fundamental
questions in the semantics of media. The first three chapters set
out a straightforward model within the possible-worlds framework,
and consider how it might account for a range of notions applying
to media generally: implicit vs. explicit content, propositional
vs. individual content, causal vs. intentional content and the idea
of a single World of the Medium. The final three chapters examine
ways of elaborating the model to cover a range of phenomena keyed
to the functionality of particular forms of media. Chapter Four is
a discussion of fiction and our apparent reference to fictional
characters. Chapter Five deals with the phenomenon of viewpoint in
pictorial media. Chapter Six is a study of interactions between
users and characters of media centering on the puzzling case of
seeing in films. The Semantics of Media will be of interest to
specialists in the fields of linguistics, philosophy and
communications.
General
| Imprint: |
Springer
|
| Country of origin: |
Netherlands |
| Series: |
Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy, 64 |
| Release date: |
October 2012 |
| First published: |
1997 |
| Authors: |
J. Ross
|
| Dimensions: |
240 x 160 x 8mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
141 |
| Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1997 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-9401063838 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
General
Books >
Language & Literature >
Language & linguistics >
General
|
| LSN: |
9401063834 |
| Barcode: |
9789401063838 |
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