About the author

Peng Jia: publicly available information is limited, and six works by this author are currently confirmed in the catalog. Judging from the subjects covered, Peng Jia's writing spans several fields: academic works on semiotics and journalism and communication such as Semiotic Theory and the Jinan Library volume Journalism and Communication Studies: Ecology and Rhetoric—On the Meaning of Signs; social-science writing that observes contemporary cultural consumption, such as The Double-Speed Society: Fast Films, Spoilers and the New Consumer Culture; work addressing technology and everyday life in The Life of Older People in the AI Era; and popular readings on scientific thinking such as Awaken! Mathematical Thinking and Awaken! Scientific Thinking. Overall, the writing moves between academic inquiry and the popularization of knowledge, with attention to signs, media, technology and social and cultural change.

Written (6)

Jinan Library · Journalism and Communication · Ecology and Rhetoric: On Symbolic Meaning cover
Rating 3.4
Jinan Library · Journalism and Communication · Ecology and Rhetoric: On Symbolic Meaning 彭佳 / 汤黎 Jinan University Press · 2025 Starting from the basic mechanism of symbolic meaning, this book discusses the indexicality of signs and offers a systematic analysis and discussion o…
The Double-Speed Society: Fast Films, Spoilers and the New Consumer Culture cover
Rating 3.9
The Double-Speed Society: Fast Films, Spoilers and the New Consumer Culture 稻田丰史 / 郭绮雯 / 杨诗雨 / 彭佳 Zhejiang People's Publishing House · 2024 A Japanese Kobunsha bestseller! What makes us unable to wait until a film is over? Why do more and more people binge-watch at faster speeds? This book…
Elderly Life in the AI Era cover
Rating 3.6
Elderly Life in the AI Era 平松类 / 彭佳 Zhejiang People's Publishing House · 2024 As society ages, AI (artificial intelligence) technology continues to evolve. How can older adults survive in an AI-driven society? For older people a…
Theory of Semiotics cover
Rating 4.5
Theory of Semiotics Umberto Eco / 唐小林 / 黄晓冬 / 彭佳 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2023 A Theory of Semiotics is the theoretical masterwork of the Italian semiotician Umberto Eco, successfully constructing a general theoretical system of …
Awaken! Mathematical Thinking cover
Rating 3.3
Awaken! Mathematical Thinking 前田昌宏 / 彭佳 Zhejiang People's Publishing House · 2022 This is a learning book that covers elementary school math concepts and introduces a distinctive memorization method from Japan. Organized by knowledg…
Awaken! Science Thinking cover
Rating 3.2
Awaken! Science Thinking 辻义夫 / 彭佳 Zhejiang People's Publishing House · 2022 This is a learning book packed with science knowledge and a unique memory method imported from Japan. Part 1, the "Knowledge Questions" section, conta…

Publishers

Shanghai Translation Publishing HouseJinan University PressZhejiang People's Publishing House