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COM2604

ASSIGNMENT 01

SEMESTER 01 2022

UNIQUE ASSIGNMENT NUMBER: 649892

ANSWERS FOR ALL QUESTIONS 1 TO 5

ANSWER/CHOOSE ANY TWO

, QUESTION 1

STUDY UNIT 3: APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF MASS COMMUNICATION



Signs and sign system

1.1.1. Signs refer to gestures or actions used to communicate information or
instructions. Sign systems involves the study of how signs altogether form a sign
system (Fourie, 2018: 150). Language is an example of a sign system, television
(which mainly comprise of audio-visual signs) is a sign system, nonverbal
communication (gestures, facial expressions) is another example of a sign
system (Fourie, 2018: 150).



Codes

1.1.2. When it comes to codes, signs are connected to one another by means of codes
which are comprehended by the users; various sign systems are related to one
another by means of various codes (Fourie, 2018: 150). For example, the
dialogue in a film and the images in the film related to one another using the
camera and editing techniques (codes) (Fourie, 2018: 150).



Meaning
1.1.3. Meaning refers to the intention of what one wants to communicate when not
directly expressed.



The origin of the Afrocentric paradigm

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