Sign, Symbol, Imaginary. Lacan, J. In On Signs, pages 203--209. JHU Press, August, 1985. Cited by 0131abstract bibtex Thirty years ago Roland Barthes and others first perceived the power of unassertive objects as "signs, " bearers of accepted opinion and of ideological manipulation. In the three decades since, there has developed a new science of signs, called semiotics. Its practitioners include advertisers, politicians, media pundits, and cultural mandarins, all of whom send signals - a product, an image, a service, and idea - to those who will "buy" only if they recognize themselves in the message.
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title = {Sign, {Symbol}, {Imaginary}},
isbn = {9780801830075},
abstract = {Thirty years ago Roland Barthes and others first perceived the power of unassertive objects as "signs, " bearers of accepted opinion and of ideological manipulation. In the three decades since, there has developed a new science of signs, called semiotics. Its practitioners include advertisers, politicians, media pundits, and cultural mandarins, all of whom send signals - a product, an image, a service, and idea - to those who will "buy" only if they recognize themselves in the message.},
language = {en},
booktitle = {On {Signs}},
publisher = {JHU Press},
author = {Lacan, Jacques},
editor = {Blonsky, Marshall},
month = aug,
year = {1985},
note = {Cited by 0131},
keywords = {Literary Criticism / Semiotics \& Theory, Psychology / General, Reference / Questions \& Answers},
pages = {203--209}
}