Analysing an article regarding semitoics

The Sun article page 3 - 'News in briefs'

The main image, being so large suggests itself to be the main focus of the page, anything smaller in size is insignificant. This article is ironic in relation to this, the small amount she does have to say if of great importance and significant, yet it comes across as a comical element to the page. The model in the image says a quote of a renown intelligent person. This paired with her topless image of herself, linked with our cultural codes means we see this woman as a stereotype; a long haired, well endowed, un-interlectual woman who's only mean of making money is through selling her sexuality by posing nude for newspapers, the image in fact naturalises women's apparent stupidity. This, may in fact, be true, but it's more than likely it's not. Considering her very intellectual 'what she had to say' column, reciting an einstein quote connotes an element of high education, denoting high intelligence and status. But the image, and this column paired together adds an element of humour, it in fact humiliates her as a person as we have already denoted her, we as a reader feel the need to almost laugh at it. The two are just so contrasting within cultural codes.

The text to the side of this article, shows this article's intended audience to be for men, the texts symbolises just that, writing, a typeface containing the models name, age and location. The denotation of this is the use of a masculine orientated font, using sans serif, partially capitalised and the colour of blue which also detonates masculinity.

The conotation of women here, has been played with for humorous purposes. The suggestion that she's inteligent is 'funny' due to the already given stereotype by society; the myths of felinity.