INTERSEMIOTICS IN CONTEMPORARY ADVERTISING. FROM SIGN TRANSLATION TO MEANING COHERENCE Cover Image

INTERSEMIOTICS IN CONTEMPORARY ADVERTISING. FROM SIGN TRANSLATION TO MEANING COHERENCE
INTERSEMIOTICS IN CONTEMPORARY ADVERTISING. FROM SIGN TRANSLATION TO MEANING COHERENCE

Author(s): Vasile Hodorogea
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Politehnica
Keywords: intersemiotic translation, context, coherence

Summary/Abstract: The very informed contemporary advertising-reluctant consumer asks for coherence and transparency from the creators of the advertising discourses, who, on the other hand, try to be relevant using local and contextual features even if the brand is international (Pepsi uses a Romanian song within Shazam and the international brand Danone is “Made in Romania”). This paper explores a series of theoretical concepts, from intersemiotic complementarity and cohesion to a contextual model of social semiotics, from translation and adaptation theories to multimodality and intermediality, in order to find some simple instruments for the construction and adaptation of the advertising messages to the consumers’ social, technological and cultural context, able to better target an audience and to maintain coherence all along a discourse that uses from conventional print media and TV to very innovative mobile apps and other digital endeavors.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 8
  • Page Range: 45-55
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English
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