Communication theory, the analysis of communication artefacts, has become an increasingly popular and important field of research. The Communication Theory Reader is designed to provide a clear introduction to communication studies. The Reader presents the most important work which has shaped the field of communication studies and samples a range of theories from the disciplines of linguistics, semiotics, philosophy, literary theory, film theory and psychoanalysis. The articles are grouped in subject sections, with an editor's introduction and indications of further reading together with a glossary and a comprehensive bibliography. Contributors: Ien Ang, J L Austin, Roland Barthes, Emile Benveniste, Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen, Nick Browne, Steven Cohan, Jacques Derrida, Umberto Eco, Stanley Fish, M A K Halliday, Stephen Heath, Wolfg