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– Nelson Mandela

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Minor Project 2

Minor Project 2

Q Part 1: Select one of the images from the list below and provide a brief semiotic analysis of about 400 to 500 words. Describe how meaning is created using the terms signifier, signified and sign. Answer the following questions: 1) What is the first level of signification? 2) What is the second level? 3) Can you describe other levels that you may possibly notice? Part 2: Take your analysis of the image and text mine it using Voyant. Perform the methods covered during week six. You should have a question that you want to explore such as, but not limited to: • What are some of the common words used in your analysis of the image? How does this affect the way the text is structured? • What are the formal structures of your essay? Key Questions for all analyses: • How does the data relate to your experience of writing the text? • Does it expose some elements in the text that you could not perceive by just reading it? Include a brief statement of about 50 words that explains what you learned about your own semiotic analysis about an image. Embed the image you analyzed along with a link to your Voyant analysis at the top of your post.

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Semiotic Analysis: There are various types of advertisements that are made to grab the attention of the consumers and then again there are certain advertisements that spread awareness. It is the content or the symbol of the advertisements that help the companies producing it to educate the masses. Same is the case with the image with a fish bowl and a tap attached to its body. This particular advertisement is very meaningful and it helps to increase the environmental concerns of the people. It is high time that everybody starts to take the environment seriously and so something to make it better for the future generations.