Bibliography
Readings: with 'semiotics'
- Baudrillard, Jean: Simulations [[posted]] (specials, media theory, simulation, semiotics)
Baudrillard defines a perspective on simulation as a cultural and philosophical concept. Baudrillard\'s simulation is important in understanding computational simulation.
- De Saussure, Ferdinand: Course in General Linguistics [[posted]] (specials, media theory, semiotics, linguistics)
- Chandler, Daniel: Semiotics: The Basics [[posted]] (media theory, semiotics, specials)
A review of semiotics, and specifically addresses ideas of communication and shared meaning. Covers several theories on how meaning is made and communicated.
- Barthes, Roland: Mythologies [[posted]] (media theory, semiotics)
Mythologies describes a semiotic structure for interpreting media and cultural artifacts. His critique of embedded meaning in media exposes how meaning can be better conveyed with simulation.
- Baudrillard, Jean: The System of Objects [[posted]] (media theory, semiotics)
Relates objects to the psychology of desire.
- Friedman, Ted: Semiotics of Sim City [[posted]] (source) (games, semiotics, simulation, specials)
- Lakoff, George and Johnson, Mark: Metaphors We Live By [[posted]] (dms, semiotics, linguistics)