How signs and images create meaning

• Sign: something that communicates meaning Types of signs:
• Symbol: an ingrained association that is learned via existence, Ie a stop sign having nothing to do with stopping but being related through experience
• Index: a logical symbol that could be related to the idea represented, Ie a paw print representing a dog
• An icon, obvious visual resemblance to an object, like male and female signs for a bathroom
• Other info Signifier: the form that a sign takes, any material thing that signifies meaning Signified, the message behind the signifier