they know it. Blair Waldorf is the ringleader of the crew‚ which includes her handsome but weak-hearted boyfriend‚ Nate. This femme fatale in training relishes her role and is confident that she and Nate will be together forever. Then the teen every girl loves to hate‚ Serena Van der Woodson‚ returns from her Connecticut boarding school‚ and the young women start fuming. Serena is beautiful and charming‚ and could unknowingly steal the hearts of brothers and boyfriends -- and she and Nate have a secret
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personal favorite that has risen tremendously over the years is chick-flicks. For this paper‚ I will be analyzing a very popular series ‘Gossip Girl’ that reflects many cultural theories like feminism‚ structuralism‚ Marxism‚ psychoanalytical etc. but I would mainly analyze the text through the lenses of two cultural theories namely‚ Marxism and Psychoanalysis. Gossip Girl presents the Marxist idea of class that uses a criterion of labor and wealth to differentiate between the public and the bourgeoisie
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Lubna Khadija 1008154 Media‚ Culture and Ethics Semitic Analysis Assignment Semiotic analysis of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Beauty and the beast is a Walt Disney fairytale animation as a remake of an old French movie‚ ‘La Belle et La Bete’ . The movie in itself is a conglomeration of symbolic signs‚ indexical signs‚ connotations‚ denotations‚ paradigmatic and syntagmatic relations all in one. The animated movie contains various elements of signs‚ codes and myths in order to bring about a
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A Semiotic Analysis: “There’s A Soldier In All Of Us” In today’s society‚ people are significantly influenced by the media. Mediated messages are often deliberate and appeal to specific audiences based on race‚ gender‚ ethnicity‚ social status‚ education level‚ political views‚ and much more. By applying semiotics to everyday life‚ we can decipher meaning within texts‚ film‚ and photography in a more constructive way. Here‚ it becomes evident that semiotics is a fundamental concept that enables
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More! model raises her eyebrow into an arch; she has a glint in her eye and pouts her lips proudly. As we notice the presence of a man in the left hand side of the front cover‚ we therefore interpret this facial expression as sexual prowess - this girl knows what she wants and she knows exactly how to get it. The male figure is not personalised; indeed we only see a leg‚ an arm and a crotch and yet we are fully aware of the masculinity of the character. This could suggest that‚ in subversion to the
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This semiotic analysis discusses the advertising of the women’s perfume‚ Pleasures. The essay will analyze the advertisements in terms of its status as signs‚ whose meanings not only give a favorable impression of the product‚ but also are compatible with‚ and complementary to the feminine context in which they are intended. Although the advertisement does not physically represent the product‚ they all provide an important symbol of the product. The ads use a variety of signifiers which publicize
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Gurminder Kambo – 090258100 CS 235 Naveen Joshi March 8‚ 2012 Semiotic Analysis Assignment In modern western society‚ advertisements dominate our culture and consumer affairs. We are bombarded with thousands of advertisements everyday‚ which become a part of our everyday lives. Culture determines the taste of consumers‚ advertisements is a tool to sell products to the general public that were influenced by our cultural trends. This could be telling us how to feel‚ what to like and what
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Semiotics analysis Communication & Culture Colour- When you overview the magazine the main themes of the colours which are featured are linked to the models dress. The back colour of the dress is a plain nude colour; however it is embellished with sequins ranging from‚ red‚ emerald green‚ teal and pink. The text and background on the cover of the magazine is influenced by these colours. The title featured‚ which is red and bold‚ associates with sensuality and passion which is presented in the models
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The fictional two-hundred paged book Gossip Girl is written by Cecily von Ziegesar. The book was published in May of 2002. The setting of this story is taken place in New York City’s Upper East Side during the fall in 2001. The story begins with Blair Waldorf attending a party at her house with her friends Kati Farkas and Isabel Coates. Soon after‚ Blair sneaks away from the party to her bedroom in order to have sex with her boyfriend‚ Nate Archibald. However‚ they are interrupted
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ways companies market their products. As consumers it should be our responsibility to know and understand what these advertisements actually mean. Through semiotic analysis we are able to de-code what goes through the minds of marketers when advertising a product and fully understand what the advertisement means. In this essay a semiotic analysis will be applied to Apple’s commercial on the I Phone 5 to determine how the use of signs represent the ideologies of class and wealth. The commercial I chose
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