A guide to Stuart Hall's systems of representation and the different approaches to understanding the representation process.| Media Studies
Develop your understanding of Charles Peirce's sign categories (icons, symbols and indexes) with out worked examples from various media texts.| Media Studies
Get some exam practice and develop your understanding of Charles Peirce's sign theory with this classroom activity.| Media Studies
A beginner's guide to Charles Peirce's triadic model for analysing signs, including definitions of representamen, mental concept and object.| Media Studies
Introduction to Stuart Hall's reception theory, including definitions and examples of encoding/decoding and framework of knowledge.| Media Studies
Our introduction to this key concept will develop your understanding of how signs are used in media texts to construct meaning.| Media Studies
Understanding the difference between the referent and other aspects of sign systems is essential for close analysis of any media text.| Media Studies
With examples and practice questions, our guide to Barthes sign systems, including myth, will help develop your awareness of this key concept.| Media Studies