Universitas Islam Negeri Alauddin Makassar Proceedings, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Social and Islamic Studies (ICSIS) 2022

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AN ANALYSIS OF COVID-19 POSTERS SYMBOLS: A SEMIOTIC STUDY
Dian Purnama Sari, Ivander Kevin Makmur

Last modified: 2023-01-13

Abstract


A brand-new infection called as COVID-19, or Covid disease 2019, initially occurred inWuhan, China. Since then, it has spread to various regions of the globe. It is clear that thistopic should not be disregarded or taken lightly. The world's economy, educational system,and public health are all significantly damaged by Covid. The World Health Organization(WHO) has proclaimed the COVID-19 pandemic as of March 11, 2020. This studyrecommended applying semiotic analysis to Coronavirus posters. Twenty-two posters that theWHO distributed were used as study’s resources. The information source for this article wasdescriptive methodology. The researchers applied McGregor's theory to examine the sort oflinguistic sign on the posters. After extensive research, the researchers discovered 11 linguisticand 11 non-linguistic signs.


Keywords


Semiotics; linguistic sign; non-linguistic sign

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