Monday, September 13, 2010

Fiske Readings

1. Fiske says that if all photographs were in soft focus, then soft focus could not connote nostalgia. How does this relate to Saussure's concept that meaning is oppositional?

2. Similarly, the commutation test helps to establish meaning by identifying what is "significantly not". How does the concept of opposition within the commutation test assist in establishing the significance of what is?

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