Daniel Chandler

For the American Olympic wrestler, see Daniel Chandler (wrestler).

Daniel Chandler
Academic background
Alma materMagdalene College, Cambridge
ThesisThe Experience of Writing: A Media Theory Approach (1993)
Academic work
DisciplinePhilosophy
Sub-disciplinesemiotics
InstitutionsAberystwyth University
Notable worksSemiotics: The Basics
Oxford Dictionary of Media and Communication

Daniel Chandler (born 1952) is a British visual semiotician based since 2001 at the Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies at Aberystwyth University, where he has taught since 1989. His best-known publication is Semiotics: The Basics (Routledge: 1st edn 2002, 2nd edn 2007),[1] which is frequently used as a basis for university courses in semiotics,[2] and the online version Semiotics for Beginners (online since 1995).[3] He has a particular interest in the visual semiotics of gender and advertising.

  1. ^ Chandler, Daniel (2002). Semiotics: the Basics. Routledge. ISBN 9780415265935.
  2. ^ "Master's Programme in Language and Culture in Europe". Linköping University. Archived from the original on 26 December 2007. Retrieved 6 February 2008.
    - "EDCI 508A - Semiotic Inquiry in Education". University of British Columbia. Archived from the original on 28 April 2004. Retrieved 6 February 2008.
    - "Semiotics and Cultural Research Methods". University of Vaasa. Archived from the original on 13 February 2008.
  3. ^ Chandler, Daniel. "Semiotics for Beginners". Aberystwyth University.