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Currently Playing: Semiotic Analysis | Ferdinand de Saussure & Charles Sanders Pierce Theories Explained for Beginners

Semiotics (also known as semiology and less commonly as semiosis) is the study of signs. Signs are representations of actual objects, actions or ideas of this world. Understanding the how signs are created to produce meaning is an important part of cultural studies. 0:00 - Intro 0:21 - Semiotics - The Basics 1:57 - Ferdinand de Saussure 2:22 - Signifiers & Signifieds 3:50 - Producing Meaning 5:52 - Language as a Social Phenomenon 7:29 - Systems of Representation 9:57 - Charles Sanders Pierce 10:30 - Semiosis as a Process 11:29 - Interpretant, Representamen, Object 13:38 - Icon, Index, Symbol 16:09 - Recap of Semiotics 17:45 - Linking Semiotics to Cultural Studies 19:50 - Conclusion This video is the first in a series of videos that I will be making on the foundational theories of communication studies. Not everyone's communications degree is the same but I think that they are all trying to get us to approach the world in the same way which is why I'm making these videos. Here is the link to the media blog post where I read about Charles Sanders Pierce's theories: https://medium.com/@llanirfreelance/charles-sanders-peirces-semiotics-the-triadic-model-f3363a3a883f I didn't learn about Pierce in school, probably because semiotics was really only taught as a precursor to representation theory, and maybe also because his theories are a little more convoluted! Don't forget to like, comment and subscribe. Leave any questions you have in the comment section!