Semiotics 0.0 / 5 ? Media StudiesSection A - Theorectical evaluation of productionA2/A-levelAQA Created by: mayarochellexCreated on: 15-04-19 10:56 Anchorage Extra information within a media text that aids understanding. Eg captions 1 of 14 Arbituary/Symbolic signs When a sign's meaning has to be culturally accquired to be understood fully. 2 of 14 Code A system used to create meaning.Like Barthes codes 3 of 14 Connotation Meaning created by sign or code 4 of 14 Denotation Literal meaning of sign or code 5 of 14 Iconic Sign When a sign looks like what it represents.Eg a drawing of a bike resembles a bike and is therefore an icon. 6 of 14 Indexical Sign A relationship between the signifier and signified. 7 of 14 Myth Ideology,Barthes refers to it as part of higher levels of signification,3rd order of signification 8 of 14 Paradigm When a set of signs can be deciphered and understood individually. 9 of 14 Polysemic A sign with multiple meanings 10 of 14 Sign The signified+the signifier 11 of 14 Signified Mental contempt,meaning intended from a sign. 12 of 14 Signifier Physical existence:sound,word,image Works with signified to combine into a sign. 13 of 14 Syntagm A set of signs which create meaning interdependently. 14 of 14
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