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    The document discusses Roland Barthes' theory that images can be understood as a language. Barthes believed that images contain coded messages that convey cultural meanings and can be analyzed similarly to written or spoken language. Images rely on culturally learned codes and signs to communicate ideas rather than using words.

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    The document discusses Roland Barthes' theory that images can be understood as a language. Barthes believed that images contain coded messages that convey cultural meanings and can be analyzed similarly to written or spoken language. Images rely on culturally learned codes and signs to communicate ideas rather than using words.

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    Roland Barthes, Rhetoric of the Image

    Analogical Code: Images as Language

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