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Roland barthes’s semiotic codes

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This document provides information about Roland Barthes's semiotic codes for analyzing media texts. It defines the five codes: the enigma code involves questions and mystery; the action code involves responses; the semantic code involves connotations and meanings; the symbolic code involves signified meanings and binary oppositions; and the cultural code involves the cultural context and society. It instructs the reader to apply these codes by identifying examples of each code in the media text "Rain for Good" and analyzing the text's media language features using Barthes's semiotic framework.

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ROLAND BARTHES’S SEMIOTIC CODES Revision and application
Identifying the 5 codes Draw up a table of 5 columns. Label each column with the title of each of the 5 codes. In each column give a short simple definition of each code CODE 1 CODE 2 CODE 3 CODE 4 CODE 5 NAME NAME NAME NAME NAME
Defining the codes CODE 1 CODE 2 CODE 3 CODE 4 CODE 5 ENIGMA ACTION SEMANTIC SYMBOLIC CULTURAL DESCRIPTI ON DESCRIPTI ON DESCRIPTI ON DESCRIPTI ON DESCRIPTI ON Under each code name try and give a key word definition [one or two words only]
Defining the codes CODE 1 CODE 2 CODE 3 CODE 4 CODE 5 ENIGMA ACTION SEMANTIC SYMBOLIC CULTURAL Questions/ mystery Response Connotations Signified meanings often binary oppositions The cultural context/ society
Wateraid [2016] Rain for Good
Applying Barthes’s Codes Top tip. Have your examples all ready and prepared before you sit the exam or write up a practice essay. To complete your analysis of ‘Rain for Good’, you need to apply a semiotic analysis to the media language features that you have previously identified.  Start with the enigma code and systematically work your through each code, identifying examples of each code.  You don’t need to have more than a couple of examples for each, but you must have at least two for each code.

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  • 2. Identifying the 5 codes Draw up a table of 5 columns. Label each column with the title of each of the 5 codes. In each column give a short simple definition of each code CODE 1 CODE 2 CODE 3 CODE 4 CODE 5 NAME NAME NAME NAME NAME
  • 3. Defining the codes CODE 1 CODE 2 CODE 3 CODE 4 CODE 5 ENIGMA ACTION SEMANTIC SYMBOLIC CULTURAL DESCRIPTI ON DESCRIPTI ON DESCRIPTI ON DESCRIPTI ON DESCRIPTI ON Under each code name try and give a key word definition [one or two words only]
  • 4. Defining the codes CODE 1 CODE 2 CODE 3 CODE 4 CODE 5 ENIGMA ACTION SEMANTIC SYMBOLIC CULTURAL Questions/ mystery Response Connotations Signified meanings often binary oppositions The cultural context/ society
  • 6. Applying Barthes’s Codes Top tip. Have your examples all ready and prepared before you sit the exam or write up a practice essay. To complete your analysis of ‘Rain for Good’, you need to apply a semiotic analysis to the media language features that you have previously identified.  Start with the enigma code and systematically work your through each code, identifying examples of each code.  You don’t need to have more than a couple of examples for each, but you must have at least two for each code.
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