Some words and definitions I didn’t know.

NVC – Non Verbal Communication, this could be an image or a sign.

Widows and Orphans – Used to describe when a piece of text has been left on its own.

Plugs and Ears – Text that is located on the front cover, which gives an insight to the contents of the magazine.

1. Roland Barthes was a French philosopher and a semiotician. He explored a diverse range of fields including anthropology, semiotics and social theory.
2. C S Pierce was a linguistic, he came up with Iconic signs, Indexical signs and symbolic signs.
3. Ferdinand de Saussure was a Swiss Linguistic and semiotician, his ideas laid a foundation for many significant developments in both semiology and linguistics
4. Semiotics – is the study of signs.
5. Sign – A gesture or action used to convey meaning.
6. Signifier – A signs physical form, such as a sound or a printed word.
7. Signified – The meaning or idea expressed by a sign, as distinct from the physical form in which its expressed.
8. Iconic Sign – A sign that looks like its object.
9. Indexical Sign – A sign that has a link to its object.
10. Symbolic Sign – A sign that has an arbitrary or random link to its object.
11. Code – A system of words, letters, figures or symbols used to represent others.
12. Dominant Signifier – A mainly accepted form of a sign. 
13. Anchorage – Is when a piece of media uses another piece of media to reduce the amount of connotations in the first.
14. Paradigm – A collection of signs
15. Syntagm –
16. Signification –
17. Denotation –
18. Connotation –
19. Myth – Something that is made up which is acknowledged and used by society, sometimes in stories.
20. Dominant Ideology – The main / dominant idea
21. A Radical Text – A text that challenges a dominant ideology.
22. A Reactionary text – A text that supports a dominant ideology.

What is Media?

Media is the main means of mass communication (broadcasting, entertainment and the internet) this can be through; TV, magazines, advertisement, social media etc…..

What is Media studies?

Media Studies is the study of mass media, it deals with the content, history and effects of various media.
You also study the extent of the multiple forms of media and how they use effects and language to appeal to a target audience and how they persuade and have a personal connection with the audience.

What things do I want to learn during Media Studies?

During media studies I want to learn:

• Improve my camera knowledge and learn the uses of all the camera settings.
• I would like to learn how to use Photoshop to a high level, so I can manipulate my images.
• I would like to learn how producers of music videos, magazines and TV programs use emotive language and actions to connect with their audience and make them interested with the product.