Maclean’s is a Canadian news magazine established in 1905 by John Bayne Maclean. Distributed weekly‚ it is Canada’s only national current affairs magazine; it covers such matters as politics‚ international affairs‚ social issues‚ business and culture. On average‚ the magazine circulates 366‚394 issues per week and has a readership of 2‚753‚000. 51% of readers are men and 49% are women‚ with an average age of 45 years old. On October 11th‚ 2007‚ Volume 120 Number 41‚ October 22nd‚ 2007 issue
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FAM1001F: SEMIOTIC TEXTUAL ANALYSIS ESSAY By Bianca A Like advertisements‚ magazine covers are skilfully and purposely crafted to tempt and lure consumers into buying the product. It is in the best interest of the producers (sender) to aim their text (message/sign system) towards their desired target audience (receiver). Using the techniques of semiology‚ I will analyse the types and components of signs and codes‚ with which the media communicates through magazine covers. This method of textual
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This essay is about to analyse certain media text by using particular semiotic codes. The semiology study in particular is based on theory developed by Saussure and Pierce and means study of the signs in the text. According to Saussure the ‘language is a system of signs that express ideas’ (Saussure 1915/1966 cited in Berger‚ 2012:7). When media analysis is made it is about to show the relationship between the signs in certain text. Pierce states that everything we do can be seen as sign. According
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On the cover of More! the character again embodies the self for the reader. She represents the more! "ethos of youthful‚ cheeky impertinence" (in Curran 1996: 189) Her red‚ low-cut dress suggests that she is sassy; a vixen that has sexual needs and is not afraid to fulfil them. Again‚ the clear skin and perfect features encourage the reader to believe that there is an inner-beauty within everyone that will shine through. However‚ the More! model does not appear as innocent as the 19 model. Her hair
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LITERATURE REVIEW Semiotics is an important concept when it comes to studying media and communications because we use signs whether it is seen‚ heard or felt in order to communicate. Umberto Eco (1975‚ p.7) defines semiotics in a broad sense that it is ‘concerned with everything that can be taken as a sign’ however it is unclear specifically what a ‘sign’ is‚ Daniel Chandler (2007‚ p2) elaborates further on Eco’s definition by stating that semiotics is ‘anything that stands for something else’.
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critical discourse analysis on North American media coverage of the World Indigenous Games. Jiwani and Young (2006) offer a helpful framework for a methodical approach to exploring Indigenous representations in media. In their article on the missing and murdered women of Vancouver’s Eastside‚ they studied 128 newspaper articles over the course of five years in order to uncover patterns on how Indigenous people are framed in the media. The article clearly states that the sites for analysis were selected
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billboards‚ real estate signs‚ theater signs‚ church signs‚ clothing‚ and many more. Every sign is different and show or tell different things. To understand‚ signs we have to analyze them. The study of language through signs and symbols is called semiotics. Signs are not just signs; they are more than that. By looking at a sign‚ the reader can tell the target audience it is trying to attract and the real message behind it. The person who creates the signage‚ whether a billboard or t-shirt picks a
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the focal point within the show’s cinematography‚ signifying different connotations‚ specifically towards different sects and doctrines; straying into the darkest regions of ideology. To dissect it’s meanings the use of textual analysis is required with support from semiotic
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The commercial “Global Beer Fridge” by Molson Canadian is informative and insightful because the company uses creativity and technology in order to develop a connection between the brand and the consumer. A bright red fridge was distinctively placed outside in an open space in Toronto. What was interesting about this fridge was neither the vibrant red color‚ nor the location‚ but it was the voice-activated aspect of the machine‚ where the only way to open the fridge would be to say the phrase “I
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Semiotic Analysis Ordinary advertising consciously shape the pattern of life is the basic function of fashion‚ excellent advertising is likely to be a carrier to create life poetic art‚ at the individual and group‚ human and nature‚ the present and history of multiple correlation of life "enrichment" and "play" poetic creation. According to McLuhan‚ he think advertising is a vast field (group) to a narrow space (individual)‚ advertising also could narrow space for the majority of areas(McLuhan‚
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