Over the years, there has been a lot of researches made on Media. Numerous people has been coming up with models, hypothesis, approaches, theories and so on. All of these are for its scope and general principles to be established by the semiotics’ theorists. Out of all of those, I shall be discussing about Semiology. Why? Why do I choose ‘Semiology’ out of so many? In the generation we live in today, one of the most used forms of media is through visuals. Media aims to catch the attention of the
your own experience? What aspects of the lecture conflict with your own experience? First, the importance of choosing the right celebrity mentioned in Pringle’s 2012 article and in the textbook seems especially relevant to me. The example of sportsmen scandals and how it impacted brands shows the potential drawbacks a brand may experience due to celebrities’ misbehaviours. Second, the influence of semiotics on consumers perception illustrates how I, or any other consumer with the same demographic and
and Mr. Abdullah Ariff were both accepted to be part of the Penang Impressionist. Penang Impressionist was an artist group formed by expatriate European. Although at first this group refused to accept any non-white member, they cannot deny the importance of having both Mdm. Lim as well as Mr. Abdullah Ariff to their group. Mdm.Lim was accepted because of her status meanwhile, Mr. Abdullah Ariff was accepted because of his great talent in art. Other important pioneers of art activities in Penang
nostalgia to previous eras in which education and knowledge were prominent and valued in the Islamic world. The tool that fits best in analysing this work is art history because since only arabic letters are used, iconological and ideological as well as semiotic and formal analyses wouldn’t be appropriate. Art history can analyse this work in terms of tracing how Arab-Islamic calligraphy had developed to this stage. Now we turn to the work of Chinese Calligraphy. The work is called Willow Tree by Jin Nong
A Critical Discourse Analysis of Prayut Chan-o-cha’s Speeches of Elections and Reforms Rachayanandhana Phraekhao 5406610039 1 Introduction Politics is a struggle of power in order to put certain political, economic and social ideas into practice. In this process, language plays a crucial role. Every political action is prepared, accompanied, influenced and played by language. This paper analyses the political discourse of General Prayut Chan-o-Cha, the Prime Minister of Thailand who gave the
In critical studies of media discourse , Van dijk is mostly referenced and quoted amoung CDA practitioners and is even referenced in studies that do not necessarily fit in CDA perspective (e.g. Karim, 2000; Ezewudo, 1998). In 1980s, with the focus on the representation of ethnic groups & minorities in Europe , he started his discourse analysis theory to media texts. In his News Analysis (1988), Dijk inegrated his general theory of discourse to the discourse of news in the press, and applied his
regarded the popularity TV show "nationwide" which discuss current affairs news as the research object and obtained a series of important results. In 1978, he cooperated with Sharlotte Brunsdon and published the book《Daily TV: nationwide》. He used semiotics analysis methods to study the program text form design and text organization characteristics of “nationwide”. "Nationwide" is a famous program of BBC company which has high ratings. The TV shows have a rich content and full of common color which
Chapter Three Theoretical Work 3.1 Introduction The foregrounding and the prominence theory will be explained in this chapter. Especially the distinction will be drawn between foregrounding and prominence. SFG stresses the importance of “meaning and function”. It has a big difference from “traditional grammar” (Hu & Ye, 2010: 131). SFS also focuses on the application of functions. Transitivity system of Chinese will be introduced in detail. What’s more, the transitivity theory of Chinese refers
Although Geertz admitted the myriad of theoretical conceptions of culture, he settled down on culture as a semiotic concept, and borrowing from Max Weber, he took culture to be webs of significance suspending man who has spun them himself. Culture is therefore present in the form of symbols that is to be “read” and interpreted by the anthropologist. This is possible
“STRENGTHENING and RE-ALIGNING THE MARINDUQUE STATE COLLEGE EXTENSION SERVICES TOWARDS THE ROAD TO ASEAN COMMUNITY” ANA FE N. MOLATO, CoE, MPA ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Foremost, I would like to thank Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, for giving the good health, wisdom, strength, support and knowledge in exploring things so I can finish this endeavor. The completion of this Re-Entry Action Plan (REAP) on the extension Agenda of Marinduque State College will not be realized without