scholarly journals Glow and Lovely: ‘Old Wine in a New Bottle’

Author(s):  
Farhad Uddin

Cosmetic companies like Unilever sell the perception of general people about beauty through their advertisements and reinforce it to promote their business. Even they do it in disguise form using a positive name and without changing any content in advertisements. By using qualitative semiotic analysis, this research shows how fair-skinned models, white color, and white light are used in the advertisements of Unilever’s recently name changed product “Glow and Lovely” on Bangladeshi TV channels. In the ads of it, any darkness on the skin is shown as unexpected and a hindrance to beauty, success, empowerment, and equality. All of these contents promote fairness as beauty and sustain discrimination based on skin color in society. The research also reveals a close relationship between the perceptions of general people about beauty and the meanings of the ‘signs’ used in the sampled advertisements.

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 453-460
Author(s):  
Achmad Nafhis Ubaydillah ◽  
Effy Zalfiana Rusfian

Semiotics is used as the basis for the meaning contained in each message, especially regarding political communication which uses a reference that every message meaning is contained in it. A political communication that uses the interactional communication model carried out by Joko Widodo and Nahdlatul Ulama convinces the public to support Joko Widodo as a candidate for President of Indonesia in 2019. Semiotics has a relationship with the prevailing culture in an area due to signs and patterns of political communication. carried out by Joko Widodo and Nahdlatul Ulama is believed to be a communication process and uses signs and figures of speech through the metaphor of political communication by referring to the communication made between the two actors to participate in seeing the communication process by sending messages to the public. Semiotics is used in a message as well as to be sent to the public. The campaign carried out by Joko Widodo has a close relationship with Nahdlatul Ulama as the two of them did to believe in all Indonesian people with the messages sent by both of them. However, the semiotic element contained in the political communication carried out by Joko Widodo and Nahdlatul Ulama invites the Indonesian people to follow what is done by interpreting the meaning of semiotics in the political messages sent by Joko Widodo and Nahdlatul Ulama to the Indonesian people.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 453-460
Author(s):  
Achmad Nafhis Ubaydillah ◽  
Effy ZalfianaRusfian

Semiotics is used as the basis for the meaning contained in each message, especially regarding political communication which uses a reference that every message meaning is contained in it. A political communication that uses the interactional communication model carried out by Joko Widodo and Nahdlatul Ulama convinces the public to support Joko Widodo as a candidate for President of Indonesia in 2019. Semiotics has a relationship with the prevailing culture in an area due to signs and patterns of political communication. carried out by Joko Widodo and Nahdlatul Ulama is believed to be a communication process and uses signs and figures of speech through the metaphor of political communication by referring to the communication made between the two actors to participate in seeing the communication process by sending messages to the public. Semiotics is used in a message as well as to be sent to the public. The campaign carried out by Joko Widodo has a close relationship with Nahdlatul Ulama as the two of them did to believe in all Indonesian people with the messages sent by both of them. However, the semiotic element contained in the political communication carried out by Joko Widodo and Nahdlatul Ulama invites the Indonesian people to follow what is done by interpreting the meaning of semiotics in the political messages sent by Joko Widodo and Nahdlatul Ulama to the Indonesian people.


Koneksi ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
Joanne Mareris Sukisman ◽  
Lusia Savitri Setyo Utami

The development of a beauty standard stigma that says being beautiful is having white skin is a problem for some women in Indonesia, this is due to the construction of mass media and the entry of foreign cultures. That way those with dark or brown skin will feel insecure. Seeing this stigma, Pond's as one of the pioneers of skin care created an advertisement for their new product variant, Pond's White Beauty Skin Perfecting Cream, which shows models with various skin colors typical of Indonesian women. Based on this background, the formulation of the problem of this study is how to fight against the stigma of the beauty standard for women's skin color that is depicted in the TV ad for Pond's White Beauty Skin Perfecting Cream. Then the purpose of this study is to explain and describe the resistance to the stigma of the beauty standard for women's skin color that is depicted in the TV ad for Pond's White Beauty Skin Perfecting Cream. The theoretical review used in this research is advertising, television advertising, the concept of beauty standards, and stigma and resistance. To answer the problem formulation, this study uses qualitative research methods with Charles Sanders Pierce's semiotic analysis, which sees a phenomenon with three main components, namely Signs, Objects, and Interpretations. The results showed that in several scenes the advertisement gave a message that the standard of women's beauty was not measured by skin color, but beauty was based on the inner beauty or potential and talents possessed as well as a sense of gratitude and confidence. The conclusion is that this ad does not follow the construction of advertisements in general, but shows beauty with various skin tones that are characteristic of Indonesia, and wants to show women that basically all women with any skin color are beautiful.Berkembangnya suatu stigma standar kecantikan yang mengatakan cantik adalah memiliki kulit putih menjadi suatu problem bagi sebagian perempuan di Indonesia, hal ini disebabkan oleh kontruksi media massa dan masuknya budaya asing. Dengan begitu mereka yang memiliki kulit gelap atau sawo matang akan merasa tidak percaya diri. Melihat stigma tersebut Pond’s sebagai salah satu pelopor skin care membuat iklan untuk varian produk baru mereka Pond’s White Beauty Skin Perfecting Cream yang memperlihatkan model dengan beragam warna kulit khas perempuan Indonesia. Berdasarkan latar belakang tersebut, rumusan masalah penelitian ini yaitu bagaimana perlawanan terhadap stigma standar kecantikan warna kulit perempuan yang digambarkan pada iklan TV Pond’s White Beauty Skin Perfecting Cream. Kemudian tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menjelaskan dan mendeskripsikan perlawanan terhadap stigma standar kecantikan warna kulit perempuan yang digambarkan pada iklan TV Pond’s White Beauty Skin Perfecting Cream. Tinjauan teoritis yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini yaitu periklanan, iklan televisi, konsep standar kecantikan, dan stigma serta perlawanannya. Untuk menjawab rumusan masalah tersebut penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian kualitatif dengan analisis semiotika Charles Sanders Pierce yang melihat suatu fenomena dengan tiga komponen utama yaitu Tanda, Objek, dan Interpretan. Hasil penelitian menunjukan di beberapa scene iklan tersebut memberikan makna pesan di dalamnya bahwa standar kecantikan perempuan bukan diukur dari warna kulit, melainkan kecantikan di dasari dengan mengedepankan inner beauty atau potensi dan bakat yang dimiliki serta rasa bersyukur dan percaya diri. Kesimpulannya adalah iklan ini tidak mengikuti konstruksi iklan pada umumnya, tetapi menunjukan kecantikan dengan beragam warna kulit ciri khas Indonesia, dan ingin menunjukan pada para perempuan bahwa pada dasarnya semua perempuan dengan warna kulit apapun itu cantik.


2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-96
Author(s):  
Asla Eva Setya ◽  
Ni Made Ras Amanda Gelgel ◽  
Ade Devia Pradipta

The development of the advertising world often follows the development of society. The close relationship between human and their religion is one of the factors that influence the packaging and advertising of products and then is wrapped in religious values. Changes and additions to the value of products with values that increase the selling power of the product are called commodification expressed by Mosco. One product advertisement with the commodification of religious values is a fresh hijab body lotion advertisement. This paper will describe how the process of commodification in advertisements through the symbols in the ad. This study is a qualitative study using Peirce's semiotic analysis. The process of commodification occurs through the shifting of the message and the impression given is seen from the clothing used by actors in advertisements, the behavior of actors in accordance with Islamic teachings and messages with words that reinforce advertisements in the form of audio or written on packaging and advertisements in mass media. So through this advertisement it is learned that religious values are often commodified to increase the sale value of a product through the symbols in its advertisements.


1941 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 884-894
Author(s):  
G. Van Nederveen

Abstract In the introduction to the present work, reasons for latex becoming discolored are reviewed, and the importance of color measurements are discussed. In addition, methods which have been developed for measuring the colors of various socalled white products, such as sugar, flour, paper, and the like, and methods for measuring the color of latex, are reviewed. Some of these methods are subjective; on the contrary, others utilize photocells so that subjective observations are eliminated. Measurements of the colors of different samples of latices were carried out with a Lovibond colorimeter, as a result of which it was found that this instrument is wholly unsuitable for this purpose. Measurements of the colors of both latices and films prepared from these latices were then made with a Hilger blancometer. The method of measuring and of calculating the intensity of the reflected light of a definite color is explained. The results obtained in measurements of the reflection of white light and of blue light from different samples of latex, using a Hilger blancometer, are compared with the results obtained with the same samples of latex estimated by simple visual examination. It was found that latices of good color reflect 80 or more per cent of white light and 78 or more per cent of blue light. The reflection of a yellow latex is considerably less in blue light than in white light. The reflection of a gray latex in white light does not differ much from that in blue light; in each case it is less than 80 per cent. It is proved conclusively that, judged by measurements of the colors of films, there is a close relationship between the color of a latex and the color of white-pigmented films made from the particular latex.


Author(s):  
Maryam Abdali Dehchenari ◽  
Mardziah Hayati Abdullah ◽  
Wong Bee Eng

Adopting CDA and social semiotic analytical frameworks, the research investigated 30 action movies and accompanying posters from 1930 to 2012, with the following objectives: (1) to examine verbal and non-verbal elements in women’s representation, and (2) to trace significant changes in the romantic and erotic roles of female characters across three eras of Hollywood. Lovers showed their emotions in the most appealing and polite manner during the classical era, but they were more multifaceted during the last two eras. The new Hollywood era turned a blind eye to skin color by including indigenous lovers in the starring roles in movies and portraying them in movie posters. The post-classical movies contained the highest number of erotic roles. Women were shown in the most demeaning forms with nudity or seductive poses in the post-classical movie posters. Women used the most impolite speech in the post-classical movies. They were also addressed as sex objects by male leads in this era.


1994 ◽  
Vol 144 ◽  
pp. 541-547
Author(s):  
J. Sýkora ◽  
J. Rybák ◽  
P. Ambrož

AbstractHigh resolution images, obtained during July 11, 1991 total solar eclipse, allowed us to estimate the degree of solar corona polarization in the light of FeXIV 530.3 nm emission line and in the white light, as well. Very preliminary analysis reveals remarkable differences in the degree of polarization for both sets of data, particularly as for level of polarization and its distribution around the Sun’s limb.


1994 ◽  
Vol 144 ◽  
pp. 82
Author(s):  
E. Hildner

AbstractOver the last twenty years, orbiting coronagraphs have vastly increased the amount of observational material for the whitelight corona. Spanning almost two solar cycles, and augmented by ground-based K-coronameter, emission-line, and eclipse observations, these data allow us to assess,inter alia: the typical and atypical behavior of the corona; how the corona evolves on time scales from minutes to a decade; and (in some respects) the relation between photospheric, coronal, and interplanetary features. This talk will review recent results on these three topics. A remark or two will attempt to relate the whitelight corona between 1.5 and 6 R⊙to the corona seen at lower altitudes in soft X-rays (e.g., with Yohkoh). The whitelight emission depends only on integrated electron density independent of temperature, whereas the soft X-ray emission depends upon the integral of electron density squared times a temperature function. The properties of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) will be reviewed briefly and their relationships to other solar and interplanetary phenomena will be noted.


2000 ◽  
Vol 179 ◽  
pp. 197-200
Author(s):  
Milan Minarovjech ◽  
Milan Rybanský ◽  
Vojtech Rušin

AbstractWe present an analysis of short time-scale intensity variations in the coronal green line as obtained with high time resolution observations. The observed data can be divided into two groups. The first one shows periodic intensity variations with a period of 5 min. the second one does not show any significant intensity variations. We studied the relation between regions of coronal intensity oscillations and the shape of white-light coronal structures. We found that the coronal green-line oscillations occur mainly in regions where open white-light coronal structures are located.


1965 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 323-347
Author(s):  
Robert Goldstein ◽  
Benjamin RosenblÜt

Electrodermal and electroencephalic responsivity to sound and to light was studied in 96 normal-hearing adults in three separate sessions. The subjects were subdivided into equal groups of white men, white women, colored men, and colored women. A 1 000 cps pure tone was the conditioned stimulus in two sessions and white light was used in a third session. Heat was the unconditioned stimulus in all sessions. Previously, an inverse relation had been found in white men between the prominence of alpha rhythm in the EEG and the ease with which electrodermal responses could be elicited. This relation did not hold true for white women. The main purpose of the present study was to answer the following questions: (1) are the previous findings on white subjects applicable to colored subjects? (2) are subjects who are most (or least) responsive electrophysiologically on one day equally responsive (or unresponsive) on another day? and (3) are subjects who are most (or least) responsive to sound equally responsive (or unresponsive) to light? In general, each question was answered affirmatively. Other factors influencing responsivity were also studied.


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