Ideology and the Image: Social Representation in the Cinema and Other Media

by Bill Nichols

Book Overview

To what degree, Nichols asks, does ideology inform images in films, advertising, and other media? Does the cinema or any other sign system liberate or manipulate us? How can we as spectators know when the media are subtly perpetuating a specific set of values? To address these issues, the author draws from a variety of approaches -- Marxism, psycholanalysis, communication theory, semiotics, structuralism, the psychology of perception. Working with...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253182875
• ISBN13: 9780253182876
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"