COSIGN

Tutorial Day

Given the success of last year's event, COSIGN 2004 will once again feature a pre-conference tutorial day providing a thought-provoking introduction, overview and analysis of the key issues in this area.

The tutorial day will naturally feature a full and stimulating mixture of presentations, breakout sessions, demonstrations, analyses, and discussions. The focus will be practical, with the aim to not only develop a thorough knowledge of the theory of semiotics, but also to start to apply it to the analysis of a range of new media applications.

Attendance is highly recommended for all of those interested in this field and wanting to get the most out of the conference itself.

Topics to be covered include:

Introduction to semiotics
Denotation and connotaton
Syntagmatic and pardigmatic analysis
Intertextuality
Myth and Ideology
The Code of Interaction
Perceptual Opportunities
Analyses of:
- Advertising (both new media and traditional media)
- Commercial websites
- Videogames
- Digital art

For more information on the COSIGN 2004 conference, and on the previous COSIGN events, follow the links on the right.