Visual Semiotics: How Still Images Mean? Interpreting Still Images by Using Semiotic Approaches
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چکیده
Today people live in a visually intensive society and a world of spectacular and exciting images. They are bombarded with an orderly and continuously stream of visual stimulation from all manner of media every day. They see mediated images more often than they read words. Images sell everything. This paper offers an analytical framework for understanding how still images become meaningful in magazine ads by using semiotic approaches.
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