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Semiotics
Comm Theory - Semiotics
Term | Definition |
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semiotics (semiology) | the study of the social production of meaning from sign systems; the analysis of anything that can stand for something else |
myth | the connotative meaning that signs carry wherever they go; myth makes what is cultural seem natural |
sign | the inseparable combination of the signifier and the signified |
signifier | the physical form of the sign as we perceive it through our senses; an image |
signified | the meaning we associate with the sign |
denotative sign system | a descriptive sign without ideological content |
connotative sign system | a mythic sign that has lost its historical referent; from without substance |
deconstruction | the process of unmasking contradictions within a text; debunking |
ideology | knowledge presented as common sense or natural, especially when its social construction is ignored or suppressed |
triadic model | Peirce's view of the relationships among the object, representamen, and the interpretant |