Media, Information and Technoculture 3214F/G Lecture Notes - Pink Triangle, Semiotics, Reverse Engineering
5 Oct 2013
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Luggage is the idea, handle is the name: denotative signs. Yellow means maybe (negotiation) or watch out. Regulatory signs give a direction that must be obeyed: connotative signs. Political signs (how we dress, ribbon bumper stickers) Knowing that pink triangle means being a homosexual vs. being a homosexual. Persistently pushing it to mean something different to other people. Reverse engineering signs looking at someone and determining who they are, what they like, sexual preference. Clothes shopping girl boy: complex sign systems. I <3 you faithful ness, forever, romance, relationship, marriage, sex, house, yard work, hockey league, pta, yard sale, togetherness, commitment. I <3 you sex, taken care of, responsibility, work, prenup, rings, expenses, hassle, money, cooking, Mit 1200 lecture 1. 1 semiotics: all language is made of signs, all signs are arbitrary, we agree on meaning, we use many kinds of signs (visual, verbal, non-verbal, scientific)
