Pierce Semi tonics and signs

iconic sign: a sign that looks like its object

The social media icons are recognizable

Indexical sign: a sign that has a link to its object

The tree located in the centre is a representation of how many branches of social media there are.

Symbolic sign: a sign that has an arbitrary or random link to its object

The Three types of sign by C.S Pierce

Iconic: Camera, Radio, Microphone. the ‘sign’ shows a picture of the object which is universally known as the seen object, therefore making it iconic.

Indexical: The direction sign suggests that every type of media is in a different direction.

Symbolic: ‘Media’ ‘A-Level’ ‘Hautlieu school’ letters and numbers have a random link to what they mean, someone who speaks another language would call the same thing something different.

Semiotics:

Iconic sign– the lamp, newspaper

Symbolic sign– (random sign that is shared through agreement. e.g colour)- letters, red font, the shape of the design

Indexical sign– shining a light on media

My banner is made up of iconic, indexical and symbolic signs according to CS Pierce. For example, the entire banner has many symbolic signs such as the different shades of the colour blue, and other colours in the social media logo icons.

The social media icons above the word ‘studies’ is an indexical sign as it has a link to the study of media, likewise the speech bubbles, microphone and signal icons.

An example of an iconic sign in my banner would be the picture of the phone- it looks like its object. The signal icon and the microphone could be argued as iconic signs too, as they are pictures that look like its object.

I wrote my article to show how not getting good GCSE grades won’t stop you from getting the job you want. The person I interviewed stated that they didn’t get many GCSEs and have broken the norm that toy need it get GCSE, my article was written to show how the idea of this is wrong and how you are able to do what you want to do. It was also written to get the point across that you are still able to make a living with little qualifications. 

My style model was based off the JEP newspaper. I looked at how they layed out the newspaper and their use of images and the way they worded their articles Aswell as the iconic layout of the paper. I also looked at the font style they use and how they positioned tit and what kind of topics they spoke about. 

The person I interviewed had a very radical opinion towards the topic, they believed that the media had created this false idea that not getting good GCSEs could lead to you not being able to make money and be stuck in a dead-end job. This idea is very different to what many people believe and their beliefs on this topic. They also stated how they were still able to get a good job and make enough to support a family even though they did not necessarily get the best grades that you could get at GCSE level. 

A company which produces an island wide newspaper which most of the island have access to and read to get information about what is happening in the community as well as around the world. This means that it has an island wide audience which people of all ages have access to. 

I would have more closely followed my style model and look at the key aspects such as font and the placement of my pictures and other little details like such. i would also take the photo of the person I’m interviewing and