Semiotic theory is where human action involves signs in three different ways.
Firstly, the person becomes aware of the sign, this is called The Perception Stage.
Secondly, The Manipulation Stage where the person interprets the sign and decides how to respond to it. Lastly, there is The Consummation Stage where the person responds to the sign.
Denotation - This is the exact literal meaning of a word such as childish meaning that of like a child.
Connotation - This is a word that can be used to convey an emotional response such as Childish which could imply that someone is immature.
This theory can apply to music magazines as if the magazine has a dark colour to it and have depressing pictures then it could not bring people to buy the magazine. However, if the magazine has a bright complexion and have more positive aspect to it then it can give a more positive influence and attract more people.
Dylan, this is a minimal graded piece of work which has failed to meet any of the criteria by which to score at A level. You need to make sure you are using images to support your work as it will meet the criteria of making the blog engaging and your use of ICT mark. This work does not show that you have thought about the question or engaged with the task enough.
ReplyDeleteSo far you have posted all the required blog posts asked for, however you need to be contributing more blog posts each week, the tasks set in lesson then an independent study post to reflect your independent study – this will then reflect your grade and the show you understand the required levels of work at A-level.
Your target is a B - the work you have completed so far is currently acceptable, but the content and standard of your blogs will need to improve if you are to meet your target
Mr McCann