Multimodal Discourse Analysis of the Movie 'Argo'

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Title: Multimodal Discourse Analysis of the Movie 'Argo'
Language: English
Authors: Bo, Xu
Source: English Language Teaching. 2018 11(4):132-137.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 6
Publication Date: 2018
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Evaluative
Descriptors: Films, Discourse Analysis, Cultural Context, Western Civilization, Semiotics, Foreign Countries
Geographic Terms: Iran
ISSN: 1916-4742
Abstract: Based on multimodal discourse theory, this paper makes a multimodal discourse analysis of some shots in the movie "Argo" from the perspective of context of culture, context of situation and meaning of image. Results show that this movie constructs multimodal discourse through particular context, language and image, and successfully publicizes western mainstream ideology
Abstractor: As Provided
Number of References: 17
Entry Date: 2018
Accession Number: EJ1174169
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Based on multimodal discourse theory, this paper makes a multimodal discourse analysis of some shots in the movie "Argo" from the perspective of context of culture, context of situation and meaning of image. Results show that this movie constructs multimodal discourse through particular context, language and image, and successfully publicizes western mainstream ideology
ISSN:1916-4742