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Comm Theory - Semiotics

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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  
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myth   the connotative meaning that signs carry wherever they go; myth makes what is cultural seem natural  
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sign   the inseparable combination of the signifier and the signified  
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signifier   the physical form of the sign as we perceive it through our senses; an image  
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signified   the meaning we associate with the sign  
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denotative sign system   a descriptive sign without ideological content  
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connotative sign system   a mythic sign that has lost its historical referent; from without substance  
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deconstruction   the process of unmasking contradictions within a text; debunking  
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ideology   knowledge presented as common sense or natural, especially when its social construction is ignored or suppressed  
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triadic model   Peirce's view of the relationships among the object, representamen, and the interpretant  
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