Essay Question Analysis

Semiotics is known as "the science of signs" and has evolved to infiltrate all aspects of visual culture. Choose four popular cultural artifacts such as advertisements, posters, fashion campaigns, or designs, and offer an in depth semiotics analysis of their meanings via the use of sign, dialogic, symbol and index. Discuss in terms of symbolism, and/or a fragment standing for the whole.



Key elements of the question :

Semiotics
I need to show I understand this term with research and application

four popular cultural artifacts 
I need to have at least FOUR artifacts eg. advertisments, fashion campaigns, designs, posters,

in depth semiotics analysis 
500 words at least on each artifact, I will need to go into specific detailing

use of sign
how and why have they been used?

dialogic
(dialogue) words/slogans/song lyrics and how they affect the consumer

symbol
how/what is used? why?

index
what helps connote the message

discuss
a written debate in which i talk about two different sides and form a conclusion on the sides

terms of symbolism
what is representing the ideals and abstract entities (ie love, time, racism)