SOC 3730 Lecture Notes - Sexualization, Legal Aid, Connotation
27 Mar 2013
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Semiology: langue, parole, media texts, relation of sign (referent) Star (could be a celebrity, could be something bright in the sky) Semiotics signifier signified culture and history: what we understand about a word today will be different 50 years from now, 100 years from now. Words we use now may not have even existed 50 years ago. Denotation: referring to what"s on surface, set of signs, the language, the signifier. Connotation: refers to those things that are signified, our mental concept of things, looking at the subjective level, look at the way in which is can be interpreted (critical) discourse analysis. Discourse: term we use to look at series of communicational processes the way in which stories are told or things are written about. Why am i even here. ) court and popular culture: men typically more in charge within crime shows. Media and crime types of crime: older people = watch tv.
