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| − | #Explain C. S. Pierce's "indexical sign" (aka, index) in terms of the relationship of "signifier" and "signified." What examples of it are provided in ''Television'' and ''Channels of Discourse''? What would be two examples of it that are not mentioned in the textbooks?
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| − | #Explain C. S. Pierce's "iconic sign" (aka, icon) in terms of the relationship of "signifier" and "signified." What examples of it are provided in ''Television'' and ''Channels of Discourse''? What would be two examples of it that are not mentioned in the textbooks?
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| − | #Explain C. S. Pierce's "symbolic sign" (aka, symbol) in terms of the relationship of "signifier" and "signified." What examples of it are provided in ''Television'' and ''Channels of Discourse''? What would be two examples of it that are not mentioned in the textbooks?
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| − | #Explain the semiotic principle of syntagmatic structure. What examples of it are provided in ''Television'' and ''Channels of Discourse''? What would be one example of it that is not mentioned in the textbooks?
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| − | #Define "denotation" and "connotation." What are the denotations and connotations of the ''Wonder Years''' opening montage? What does semiotician Roland Barthes mean by the term, "myth"? Is there a "binary opposition" to be found in this montage?
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| − | *Martin Luther King
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| − | *Moon landing, Neil Armstrong
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| − | *Mexico Olympics 1968, Black power salute at medal stand
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| − | *Bobby Kennedy
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| − | *Helicopter in Vietnam
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| − | *Munich Olympics 1972, terrorist attack on Israeli team
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| − | *John Lennon, Yoko Ono -- war protest in bed
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| − | *Kent State: tear gas canister throwing, dead student
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| − | *Mets win World Series
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| − | *Wavy Gravy hippie Bus
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| − | *President Nixon and VP Spiro Agnew
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| − | *Anti-war protest signs
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| | == Bibliography == | | == Bibliography == |
| − | #Butler, Jeremy G. ''Television: Critical Methods and Applications''. Mahweh, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2007. | + | #Butler, Jeremy G. ''Television: Critical Methods and Applications'' (NY: Routledge, 2011). |
| − | # Robert C. Allen, ''Channels of Discourse, Reassembled'', second edition (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1992). | + | #Ellen Seiter, "Semiotics, Stucturalism and TV," in Robert C. Allen, ed., ''Channels of Discourse, Reassembled'', second edition (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1992). |
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