Definitions

  1. Barthes is one of the leading theorists of semiotics, the study of sign, connatation, denotation, myth.
  2. C S Pierce his categories of sign( iconic, indexical, symbolic)
  3. Saussure was a linguistic
  4. Semiotics is the study of sign process
  5. Sign is a motion or gesture
  6. Signifier a sign’s physical form for an example a printed word 
  7. Signified the concept that the signifier refers to
  8. Iconic sign is when something is directly linked to something
  9. Indexical sign is when something is indirectly linked to an object
  10. Symbolic sign is a mark, sign or word that indicates a meaning
  11. Code has an agreed meaning to their audience
  12. Dominant Signifier is the main meaning of a word, the main sign
  13. Anchorage is the meaning of an image
  14. Ideology is a set of beliefs
  15. Paradigm is a collection of signs
  16. Syntagm is a relationship where signs occur in sequence or parallel and operate together to create a meaning
  17. Signification the process of making meaning
  18. Denotation the object
  19. Connotation is the meaning
  20. Myth in media analysis is how words and images are used to communicate political meanings
  21. A radical text is one that challenges the dominant ideology
  22. A reactionary text is a text supporting the ideology

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