Who
Science of Signs
Medium
1

Considered as the Father of Semiotics. Give the complete name.

Ferdinand de/De Saussure

1

This sign or signifier or landmark has an official name. What is it?  


Salakot Arch

2

Considered as the Father of the printing press, give the last name of this inventor that reconfigured the way we do publishing and mass reading.  

Gutenberg 

2

Write a negative signified for this sign: 


corruption

contractor

under the table

what else?  

3

Name at least one of the modern semioticians. Last names only. 

Chomsky

Eco

Barthes

Baudrillard

3

Anak TV is a sign of an advocacy organization that promotes literacy and child-friendly content. If you are a semiotician, what design elements did you consider in creating this logo?  


Color - dominantly blue 

Font typology  

Contrast - blue vs red 

Center/Balance 

Icon

Symbols - hands, TV, child, wifi, youtube 

Sign/signified - anak meaning child in Malay/Filipino 

3

According to Mirzoeff, graphicacy-based culture refers to photos, images or __________ rather than through text and words. 

visualization
4

Semiotics and semiology essentially originated in this field of study. 

Humanities

Linguistics

4

What is the denotation of this sign? 


Coconut is a tropical fruit commonly grown in Southeast Asia. 

Other definitions for consideration...

5

In the sociocultural lens, semiotics and symbolic interactionism view meaning making or communication as a form of... 

construction

social ordering

social ordering 

5

Name at least three (3) SIGNIFIERS in this image:


Vico Sotto

Man 

Politician 

City Mayor

City of Pasig official logo (symbol, icons)

City hall facade

(SHOULD BE SURFACE MEANING, NOT INTERPRETATIONS) 

Barong Filipino

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