thursday period 5 - lesson notes
yesterdays lesson was a simple introduction to media studies and the course as a whole.we looked at the content of the exam and what our coursework would be,and what it would consist of. we looked at some of the basic key terms such as semiology;
semiology- the study of signs
A sign is anything that can represent something other than itself, they can also have or suggest more then one meaning. there are three types of sign focused on media. We looked at many of the basic signs we see everyday like the symbol of hazard, and how we learn to recognise them even if they look nothing like they are trying to inform us about...
the tree types of sign:
symbolic-these are arbitrarily linked to what they signify.
Iconic- these signs resemble what they signify
Indexical- these signs are evidence of something else.
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