Monday 30 September 2013

Signs and Interpretations

Semiotics - study off sign systems which allows us to deconstruct media texts to understand how meaning is created

Signifier - the object itself, example a glass

Signified - what the object represents, example a rose represents love.

A sign is the smallest element off meaning, they will be grouped together to create a larger meaning. this is called codes which can be decoded or interpreted.

Denotation - The literal meaning off a sign

Connotation -  The interpreted meaning off a sign

Polysemy - Lots of different meaning's and has a lot off different interpretations.

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