[Air-L] Alternative to Kress & Leeuwen

[Achterman Peg]

These might be less than you want, but I like:

Don't make me think: Krug
and
Content Strategy for the Web - Halvorson

Peg Achterman
Seattle
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> Message: 10
> Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:09:45 +0200
> From: Daniel Jung <jung at uib.no>
> To: Air-L at listserv.aoir.org
> Subject: [Air-L] Readings in semiotics/multimodality: Alternatives to
> 	Kress&Leeuwen?
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> Hi
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> This is the second time I use Gunther Kress and Theo van Leeuwen's 
> "Multimodal Discourse" 
> (http://www.amazon.com/Multimodal-Discourse-Gunther-Kress/dp/0340608773) 
> in my web design and web aesthetics class (introductory level). The 
> students (non-natives, but quite capable users of English) keep 
> complaining about convoluted language and dense ways of explaining.
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> Are there alternatives to this book which cover about the same topics, 
> and have the same depth, but are easier accessible? Or are there any 
> additional texts which help understanding once Kress is mandatory reading?
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> Thanks,
> - Daniel
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