Glossary


Glossary

Semiotics - the study of signs and symbols and their use or interpretation.

Peak Oil - the hypothetical point in time when the global production of oil reaches its maximum rate, after which production will gradually decline.

Ethical Trade Initiative - involves retailers and brands taking a series of recognised steps to improve the conditions of the workers throughout their supply chains, wherever they are in the world.

Social Compliance - It is a continuing process in which the involved parties keep on looking for better ways to protect the health, safety, and fundamental rights of their employees, and to protect and enhance the community and environment in which they operate.

 Panopitcism - Whereas the panopticon is the model for external surveillance, panopticism is a term introduced by French philosopher Michel Foucault to indicate a kind of internal surveillance.

Ownership concentration - refers to the amount of stock owned by individual investors and large-block shareholders (investors that hold at least 5 per cent of equity ownership within the firm).

Ubiquitous - meaning present, appearing, or found everywhere.

Visual Rhetoric - Visual rhetoric is the fairly recent development of a theoretical framework describing how visual images communicate meaning, as opposed to aural, verbal, or other messages. Visual rhetoric generally falls under a group of terms, which all encompass visual literacy.

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  1. Unknown5 March 2018 at 13:03

    This is a well phrased glossary, with apt though limited number entries and these are briefly defined. There's not enough here, for instance, on 'panopticism' to explain it fully.

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