COMS 311 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Water Bottle, Semiotics, Hijab

• School: Cal Poly
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COMS 311
• Professor: Barbara Shea

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Symbols- a complex sign with many meanings: ex: hijab, crucifix, Semiotics: study of signs, how signs come to represent objects, ideas, states, situations, feelings, and conditions outside themselves. Dog: what you think when someone says dog. Water bottle: it is literally what you call a water bottle- it is a representation of what you know is a water bottle. We use language as a tool to assign meaning and make sense of our world: how words (signs) give meaning to objects. How terms shape your experience of the world: what labels do we use for specific objects, variations in the semiotic tradition. How signs relate to their referents or what signs stand for. Looks at ho(cid:449) sig(cid:374)s (cid:373)ake a differe(cid:374)ce i(cid:374) people"s li(cid:448)es, or the practical use and effects of signs and their impact on social life. January 31, 2017: people interpret the world based on their experiences in it, conscious experience with the world (not unconscious)