Media and Information

languages
 WHAT IS MEDIA AND INFORMATION
Languages?

Media- The main means or channels of general

communication, information, or entertainment in
society, as newspapers, radio, or television.“

Languages-A system of communication .

Media and information languages
• Are codes, conventions, formats, symbols
and narrative structures that indicate the
meaning of media messages to an
audience.
Codes
•Are systems of signs, which create
meaning.
• “Semiotic”–the study of signs and
symbols and their use or interpretation.
Types of Codes

Symbolic Written Technical

Codes Codes Codes
•Symbolic Codes
-Show what is beneath the
surfaces of what we see.
Examples of Symbolic Codes:
•Written Codes
-Use of language style and
textual layout