DOING SEMIOTICS
A Research Guide for Marketers at the Edge of Culture
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ISBN:
9780197912676
Publication date:
21/01/2026
Paperback
256 pages
234x156mm
Price: 795.00 INR
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ISBN:
9780197912676
Publication date:
21/01/2026
Paperback
256 pages
Laura R. Oswald
- Reveals the proprietary methods for applying semiotics to consumer research, brand equity management, new product development, creative strategy, and design
- Introduces methods for applying post-structural semiotics to contemporary challenges in areas such as cross-cultural consumer behaviour, market innovation, and emerging market strategy
- Supplements theory with practical exercises, case studies, extended team projects, and evaluation criteria
Rights: World Rights
Laura R. Oswald
Description
The semiotics discipline - a hybrid of communication science and anthropology - accounts for the deep cultural codes that structure communication and sociality, endow things with value, move us through constructed space, and moderate our encounters with change. Doing Semiotics shows readers how to leverage these codes to solve business problems, foster innovation, and create meaningful experiences for consumers. In addition to the key principles and methods of applied semiotics, it introduces the basics of branding, strategic decision-making, and cross-cultural marketing management.
Through practical exercises, examples, extended team projects, and evaluation criteria, this book guides students through the application of learning to all phases of semiotics-based projects for communications, brand equity management, design strategy, new product development, and public policy management. In addition to tools for sorting data and mapping cultural dimensions of a market, it includes useful interview protocols for use in focus groups, in-depth interviews, and ethnographic studies, as well as expert case studies that will enable readers to apply semiotics to consumer research.
About the Author
Laura R. Oswald, President, Marketing Semiotics Inc.
Laura Oswald is founder and president of Marketing Semiotics, a brand strategy and research boutique in Chicago, Illinois. Applying semiotic principles to brand strategy and consumer research, the company has led successful projects related to strategic planning, new product development, creative design, and corporate reorganization for blue chip brands worldwide since 2000. She is author of Marketing Semiotics: Signs, Strategies, and Brand Value (Oxford University Press, 2012) and Creating Value: The Theory and Practice of Marketing Semiotics Research (Oxford University Press 2015), as well as numerous peer-reviewed articles, white papers, and blog posts.
Contributors:
Marcel Danesi, University of Toronto
Rachel Lawes, Lawes Consulting, LTD
Christian Pinson, INSEAD
Laura Santamaria, Loughborough University London
Laura R. Oswald
Table of contents
Introduction
1:Brand Equity and Semiotics
2:Strategic Semiotics
3:Design Strategy
4:Consumer Semiotics
5:Semiotic Ethnography
Laura R. Oswald
Review
"The book provides the clearest introduction that I have seen to date of the application of semiotics to branding and the analysis of consumer behaviour. It is packed throughout with well thought-out practical exercises and insightful commentaries that will be widely welcomed by all of those involved in marketing semiotics." - Professor Daniel Chandler, Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies, Aberystwyth University
"Doing Semiotics is an important practical guide for the student of semiotics. It contains a number of current illuminating cases, exercises, and examples framed from a cultural and ethnographic perspective. It deserves keen attention from the many who can benefit from these semiotic tools, whether in business, design, or non-profit marketing." - Professor Russell Belk, Distinguished Research Professor and the Kraft Foods Canada Chair in Marketing at Schulich School of Business, York University
"Semiotics is central to marketing; few would disagree. But semiotics is also a complex discipline. In this volume, Laura Oswald links the semiotic tools to the most fundamental marketing tasks and also couples it with marketing research techniques. Marketing semiotics for beginners — in the best sense of the word." - Professor Søren Askegaard, University of Southern Denmark
"Doing Semiotics is a valuable resource for scholars seeking guidance about the process of semiotics and its application to deciphering marketplace meanings. With contributions from thought leaders like Marcel Danesi, Laura Oswald has put together a rich and useful manual to help readers uncover the fascinating world of cultural signs and their interpretation." - Professor Robert Kozinets, Jayne and Hans Hufschmid Chair of Strategic Public Relations, the Annenberg School of Communication, University of Southern California
Laura R. Oswald
Description
The semiotics discipline - a hybrid of communication science and anthropology - accounts for the deep cultural codes that structure communication and sociality, endow things with value, move us through constructed space, and moderate our encounters with change. Doing Semiotics shows readers how to leverage these codes to solve business problems, foster innovation, and create meaningful experiences for consumers. In addition to the key principles and methods of applied semiotics, it introduces the basics of branding, strategic decision-making, and cross-cultural marketing management.
Through practical exercises, examples, extended team projects, and evaluation criteria, this book guides students through the application of learning to all phases of semiotics-based projects for communications, brand equity management, design strategy, new product development, and public policy management. In addition to tools for sorting data and mapping cultural dimensions of a market, it includes useful interview protocols for use in focus groups, in-depth interviews, and ethnographic studies, as well as expert case studies that will enable readers to apply semiotics to consumer research.
About the Author
Laura R. Oswald, President, Marketing Semiotics Inc.
Laura Oswald is founder and president of Marketing Semiotics, a brand strategy and research boutique in Chicago, Illinois. Applying semiotic principles to brand strategy and consumer research, the company has led successful projects related to strategic planning, new product development, creative design, and corporate reorganization for blue chip brands worldwide since 2000. She is author of Marketing Semiotics: Signs, Strategies, and Brand Value (Oxford University Press, 2012) and Creating Value: The Theory and Practice of Marketing Semiotics Research (Oxford University Press 2015), as well as numerous peer-reviewed articles, white papers, and blog posts.
Contributors:
Marcel Danesi, University of Toronto
Rachel Lawes, Lawes Consulting, LTD
Christian Pinson, INSEAD
Laura Santamaria, Loughborough University London
Table of contents
Introduction
1:Brand Equity and Semiotics
2:Strategic Semiotics
3:Design Strategy
4:Consumer Semiotics
5:Semiotic Ethnography
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