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Semiotics is the study of signs or a sign system.  Ferdinand de Sasussure is seen as the founder  Other early developers include Claude Levi-Strauss, Charles Saunders Pierce and Roland Bathes  The Language of media begins with Semiotics... The language of signs Semiotics: Is the study of signs and symbs and their use of interpretation. A sign is the smallest unit of meaning  In media a sign can be anything that communicates meaning E.g)Body language,colour, Shot type,words,pictures  The Signifier: Saussure offered a two step model of the sign. He defined a sign a sign being composed of:  Signifier- The form in which the sign takes  Signified- The Concept it represents.  EXAMPLE: The word Cat would be the signifier. This signifies a four legged, furry mammal, with a tail. Which purrs and makes miaow sounds  Subject Position: On a larger scale, this means that we will all read media texts slightly differently beca...

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