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100 1 _aBerger, Arthur Asa,
_d1933-
245 1 4 _aThe objects of affection
_b: semiotics and consumer culture
_c/ Arthur Asa Berger.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bPalgrave Macmillan,
_c2010.
300 _axiii, 198 p. :
_bill. ;
_c21 cm.
490 1 _aSemiotics and popular culture
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [185]-109) and index.
520 _a"A fascinating investigation that explains semiotics, the science of signs, and shows how it can help us understand the way marketing and advertising shape our behavior as consumers and the way we use brands to help create our public identities. Semiotics deals with the messages we are always sending about ourselves by the clothes we wear, our facial expressions, our body language, and the objects we purchase. It also helps us learn how to interpret the messages that others are always sending to us. The book also analyzes a number of the "objects of our affection" such as toasters, teddy bears, hamburgers and computers. In the appendix, there are a number of learning games and activities that involve using semiotics to better understand consumer culture"--Provided by publisher.
650 0 _aConsumer behavior
_xSocial aspects.
650 0 _aConsumer behavior
_xPsychological aspects.
650 0 _aConsumer behavior
650 0 _aConsumer behavior
650 0 _aConsumer behavior
650 0 _aConsumer behavior
_xSemiotic models.
650 0 _aConsumer behavior
653 _aBibliography B3 ELEC - Communicating for Influence
830 0 _aSemiotics and popular culture.
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999 _c3474
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041 _aEnglish
655 _aConsumer behavior -- Textbooks