Barthes- A french philosopher who explored semiotics and social theory

Pierce- An American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist who is sometimes known as “the father of pragmatism”.

Saussure – A Swiss linguist and semiotician. His ideas laid a foundation for many significant developments in both linguistics and semiology in the 20th century. He is widely considered one of the founders of 20th-century linguistics and one of two major founders of semiotics/semiology.

Semiotics – The study of sign process

Sign- A gesture or action used to convey information or an instruction.

Signifier – A signs physical form (such as a sound, printed word, or image) as distinct from its meaning ( Saussure)

Signified- the meaning or idea expressed by a sign, as distinct from the physical form in which it is expressed.

Icon- person or thing regarded as a representative symbol or as worthy of veneration.

Index- a sign or measure of something

Symbol- A symbol is a mark, sign or word that indicates, signifies, or is understood as representing an idea, object, or relationship.

Code – A system of words, letters, figures, or symbols used to represent others

Dominant Signifier – Dominant meaning of sign

Anchorage – Directs the viewer to chosen meaning

Ideology – A system of ideas and ideals, especially one which forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy.

Paradigm – A typical example or pattern of something

Syntagm – the relationship is one where signs occur in sequence or parallel and operate together to create meaning 

Signifcation – the representation or conveying of meaning.

Denotation – he literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests. (Bathes)

Connotation – an idea or feeling which a word invokes for a person in addition to its literal or primary meaning.” (Bathes)

Myth- Belief that isn’t true

I made my masthead stand out more, and changed some of the fonts and colouring.

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Game Title

I have styled my magazine similarly to this Fortnite Magazine, in the sense that I liked to idea of the gallery at the bottom, therefore I have added in into my own designed magazine cover. What I have also taken from this style model is having the article plugs at the side, I have done this on my magazine because it looks effective and I also think it is clear and the reader’s attracted to the cover image, which will be one of the main selling points to entice consumers to buy my magazine.

I have also designed my magazine similarly to this PC Gamer magazine cover. What I have taken from this magazine is how I stuck with a colour theme, pink, purple and mint to stand out. What I have also done similarly to this magazine is I included a banner that acts as a plug to entice my target audience to buy my magazine. I also have my cover image overlaying part of my masthead, because I think this is effective and attracts you to pick up the magazine. Finally, like the PC Gamer cover, my cover image is looking and pointing directly to the consumer as I feel this brings their attention to the magazine and it seems as if the magazine is trying to give them a message (to buy the magazine).