HayleeDavis

Social Semiotics Explained Social Semiotics is used in many social contexts. It examines how signs, or symbols or even language systems can be used to convey different meaning to achieve a certain effect in communication. You will find social semiotics, in various types of media or even face-to-face conversations. While not just one person can be pointed to for this discovery, Ferdinand de Saussure, R is often heavily associated with the methodology.  Social semiotics is important because it helps us understand the meaning-making process in society. We are better able to understand languages, cultural differences, and ideologies. Social semiotics help us understand the world we live in, in a constructive way. Some examples of this could look like the placement of photos. Some countries read left to right, so you need to understand the order of which you are reading in order to know what is happening. Additionally, size and positioning of photos in a layouts plays a large role in ev...

Twitter Argument   And this is Football we are talking about  If you want to explore this debate the link above the image will take you to the twitter page. However, I did include a screenshot of one of the many arguments that are happening every second.  The reason I choose this argument is because of all the chaos that is happening with Beaver Football and conferences and just the NCAA in general.  While this argument is not about Beaver Football, it is about The SEC.  Kirk is basically saying what ESPN wants him to say - which is complete love for the SEC and Desmond is speaking is mind, even if that means going against ESPN and the SEC.  There is a battle of truth within this argument and it is triggering for people.  One concern I have is how much power the SEC has. People are willing to defend the conference no matter what (Kirk would be an example of this)  Another concern is how open people are on twitter. This is just part of a larger arg...