Media Studies A-Level
Denotation
What Denotation means in Media Studies A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Denotation
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The first-order, literal level of meaning in Barthes' semiotic model: the plain, descriptive sense a sign carries before wider cultural associations are added.
Topics that use Denotation
- Semiotics - Barthes' ideas and theories on semiotics (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Connotation
- Cultural association
- Denotation and connotation
- Myth
- Naturalisation and ideology
- Second-order meaning
- Sign analysis
- Literal referent
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