Purcome midL3 Flashcards
Factor to consider in evaluating messages
Linguistic Landscape
Geosemiotics
Kinds of signs
Online Landscape
is the “ Displayed Language “ in a particular space e.g.advertisement s , billboards and other signs
Linguistic Landscape
is the study of “Social meaning” of the materials placements of signs and discourses and of our actions in the material world. (Mooney and Evans 2015).
Geosemiotics
Principles of Geosemiotics
Indexicality
Dialogicality
Selection
Meaning was given to a
sign by a place the sign
was put in.
Indexicality
Signs have double
meaning, and they
corresbond to each
other,
Dialogicality
One does not see all sign
Selection
Kinds of Signs
Regulatory
Infrastructural
Commercial
Transgressive
It indicates authority and is legal
or official prohibitions
Regulatory
It labels things or directs for the maintenance of a building or any.
Infrastructural
Advertises that promotes a product, and event, or service in commerce.
Commercial
Unsanctions urban text. It violates (intentionally or accidentally the conventional semiotics or in a wrong place.
Transgressive
The more we delve into social media the more we expand out cultural perspectives
online lanscape
How to Evaluate messages?
- All media messages are “constructed”.
- Media have embedded values and points of view.
- Each person interprets messages differently.
- Media have commercial, ideological or political interests.
- Media messages are constructed using a creative language having its own
rules.
It is a decision that later turns out to be wrong. You might feel that you made a wrong choice if you are not satisfied with the outcome of the decision.
MISTAKE
An error is more formal word and is generally used when the chosen action is compared to a set of rules. The action is considered to be wrong if it is different to the rules .
ERROR