Evaluation Question 4

The Notion Of Codes

Keywords:

·       Sign, Semiotics, Signified, Signifier

 Codes:

Systems of meaning production at both textual and production level that can be decoded to create meaning.

 ·        Sign:

An object, quality or event whose presence or occurrence indicates the probable presence or occurrence of something else.

 

·        Semiotics:

The study of signs and symbols and their use or interpretation.

·        Signified:

The meaning or idea expressed by a sign, as distinct from physical form in which it is expressed.

 

·        Signifier:

 A signs physical form as distinct from its meaning.

 

Producers = Encode /Audiences = Decode