A Semiotic Analysis of British Royal’s Christmas Cards in 2020 and 2021
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https://doi.org/10.31185/eduj.Vol47.Iss1.2929Keywords:
Semiotics, sign, signifier, signified, conveyed meaningAbstract
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Sending Christmas cards is a tradition in the Royal family for more than a century. Princes and princesses used to send black and white pictures of themselves with short messages. Recently, the receivers are not just the family members, friends or neighbors but it is an entire country. The main reason behind that is the social media. Therefore, the next generation of the Royals put their own touch on the honored tradition. They document their family moments with short phrases or messages. These cards are posted on the social media and are accessible to everyone. Each card has a hidden meaning that the viewer can understand through the attached image or through words. The current study analyzes the Christmas cards of the Royals in 2020 and 2021 on semiotic bases in order to understand the conveyed meaning of each one.
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