Arrows Can Be Dangerous
Arrow signs find use in professional fields are a part of everyday practices exercised in public places. Both the geographical and cultural settings affect a signs utility; the focus here is on arrows in England and its North American colonies and in particular English uses of the broad arrowhead as...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Paderborn University: Media Systems and Media Organisation Research Group
2012-12-01
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| Series: | tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique |
| Online Access: | https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/337 |
| Summary: | Arrow signs find use in professional fields are a part of everyday practices exercised in public places. Both the geographical and cultural settings affect a signs utility; the focus here is on arrows in England and its North American colonies and in particular English uses of the broad arrowhead as a symbol for regal property and as a mark on convict's clothes. A semiotic analysis using Jakobson's functional categories shows that practices that incorporate signs are not unde the control of the sign maker and the geographical and historical context can change a signs use and can occasionally render an acceptable sign into one that provokes anger and bring ignominy. Such negative effects draw attention to the ethical dimension of signs. |
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| ISSN: | 1726-670X 1726-670X |