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MIGRAIN: Semiotics blog task

  1) What did Ferdinand de Saussure suggest are the two parts that make up a sign? He suggests the 2 parts are the signifier and the signified 2) What does ‘polysemy’ mean? Polysemy means multiple possible meanings and is open for interpretation 3) What does Barthes mean when he suggests signs can become ‘naturalised’? It means that they no longer are signs they are just things that are easily recognizable and just known things 4) What are Barthes’ 5 narrative codes? Hermeneutic,proairetic, semantic, symbolic, referential 5) How does the writer suggest Russian Doll (Netflix) uses narrative codes? Part 3: Icons, indexes and symbols 1) Find two examples for each: icon, index and symbol. Provide images or links. Icon: Index: Symbol:  2) Why are icons and indexes so important in media texts? 3) Why might global brands try and avoid symbols in their advertising and marketing? 4) Find an example of a media text (e.g. advert) where the producer has accidentally communicated the wro...
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A Level Media: first tasks

  1) Why did you choose A Level Media Studies? GCSE was fun and I believed it would help to open oppurtunities in multiple different career paths. 2) Did you take GCSE Media Studies (either here at Greenford or a different school)?  Yes at greenford 3) If you answered yes to Q2, what grade did you achieve in GCSE Media? What coursework task did you complete? What would you say your strengths and weaknesses were in GCSE Media? Grade 4 I completed coursework that was to create a music video to help better the life of the community. Strength was theory weakness was editing 4) What grade do you hope to achieve in A Level Media? A 5) What are your current thoughts about your next steps after A Levels - university, apprenticeship, work? Definitely University 6) What do you think the biggest MEDIA story of 2026 has been and why? The Kanye West drama as it was extreme anti semitism from a person with levels of influence and popularity that is very high that also lead to a festival get...
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