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It was between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries that the Iban people began to show their culture by sculpting images of the hornbill.... Its sharply pointed bill draws a huge curve and the painting on the body uses various strokes and pigments portraying how colorful the Iban festivals and culture are.... Looking at the figure of the hornbill and evaluating the different features, one can feel the depth of the strong Malaysian history and culture....
7 Pages
(1750 words)
Essay
Analysis of Heroism of Olympic Athletes in Olympic Advertising from the Semiotic Perspective media Psychology Proposal Yi Li Hidden text: identical to name in UT transcript.... Every four years, elite athletes from all over the world with coaches and officials, media representatives and hundreds of thousands of spectator have gathered for around two weeks for such a sporting event that can be spread via mass media including television, radio, print media, and the Internet by billions of people around the world....
14 Pages
(3500 words)
Research Paper
he significance of fiction in history is not only confined within the realm of literature but also explores the domain of politics.... General issues of representation shall be addressed as well as the uses of fiction in writing about politics.... Such is made possible through political representation embodied in the fiction, especially when it is a political novel.... Fiction can employ a particular topic and convey meaning and symbols related to an existing social and political system....
9 Pages
(2250 words)
Essay
“The art of children is not a vehicle for the greatest expression of the human mind, but within its limits it offers a rare perfection of feeling and expression” (Freeman, 2011).... Hall's definition of representation essentially requires the human mind to be pre-equipped with the concepts and significance of things the language talks about so that the meaning is adequately grasped and interpreted in the right way.... representation is It is because of the representation that every living being is able to interact in its own way in its respective species....
10 Pages
(2500 words)
Essay
ome believed that the radio worked as a medium through which to perpetuate stereotypes, the concept of cultural differences boiled down to indicators through which to identify everyone within a culture.... The paper 'Have Gun, Will Travel: Textual representation and Nationally Relevant Symbols' looks at the nature of the Western as it related to the national civic imagery through which patriotic pride was built and sustained as far as the Western hero is godlike in his application of justice....
18 Pages
(4500 words)
Research Paper
In the following discussion, the author shall argue that manga and anime may have been derived from Japanese socio-culture, unlike the general belief.... Manga is considered the origin that has given rise to creating a contemporary popular culture of anime and other forms of visual art.... The narratives are often complex, intrinsically linked with the Japanese socio-culture, and appeal to a massive audience, especially the youths.... The paper 'Manga and Anime as Japanese Comic Books' presents many forms of communication that are available within juvenile fiction, manga, and anime that have crossed international cultural barriers to touch youths and young adults in ways that many adults cannot understand....
5 Pages
(1250 words)
Case Study
which are engaged in a variety of printed media sales and advertising (Corporate Information Snapshots 2010).... Many companies invest large amounts in media planning.... In such large-scale enterprises, media planning can represent a multi-billion dollar industry (Kelle and Jugenheimer 2008).... Analysis of the cover images of Matichon from 2009 to 2010 may also reveal relevant changes in the media plan used by the company over this period when compared to other years....
12 Pages
(3000 words)
Research Paper
Charles Pierce, in the nineteenth century, predicted this development in the literature by saying that further instructions in the process of teaching and learning will need to be included n the future as the world evolved.... The paper contains the annotated bibliography of articles about the education at Northern Illinois University such as "Northern Illinois University: Reflections on semiotics, visual culture, and pedagogy" and "Northern Illinois University: Intersections of Semiotics and Visual pedagogy" ....
10 Pages
(2500 words)
Annotated Bibliography