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TERMINOLOGY
This section will house some of the key terms that I have learned from the AICE Media Studies course.
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MEDIA
Technologies which act as conduits between people, which facilitate communication.
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REPRESENTATION
Representing reality through media.
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SEMIOTICS
Signs, codes, and meanings
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ICONIC SIGNS
Icons are signs where meaning is based on similarity of appearance.
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INDEXICAL SIGNS
Signs that have a cause and effect relationship between the sign and the meaning of the sign, with a direct link between the two.
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MISE-EN-SCENE
Everything that appears before the camera and its arrangements - composition, sets, props, actors, costumes, and lighting.
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DENOTATION
When a sign signifies the direct meaning of something.
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CONNOTATION
When the sign signifies an implied meaning or interpretation of something.
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