Lingua Scientia Journal
Vol 28, No 1 (2021)

UNCOVERING IMPLIED MESSAGES IN BURGER KING ADVERTISEMENT: A SEMIOTIC ANALYSIS

Putra Wirasana, Ida Bagus (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
29 Jun 2021

Abstract

This article is entitled “Uncover Implied Messages in Burger King Advertisement Found on Youtube: A Semiotic Analysis”. Burger King is one of the multinational chain used video as their advertisement related to COVID-19 pandemic that uses weird and eccentric verbal and visual signs, which not easy to understand and carried implied messages. This study aims to find out the implied messages in Burger King Advertisement found on YouTube by analyzing its verbal and visual signs. The data was taken from Burger King YouTube channel using observation method. Furthermore, it analyzed descriptive qualitative method using theory of semiotics by Saussure (1983) and Barthes (1998). The finding shows that both verbal and visual signs in the advertisement “Burger King | Stay Home of the Whopper” had hidden messages. Generally, they want to help the government stop the spread of COVID-19 virus by informing and educating their viewers about current procedures and situations.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JJBI

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Lingua Scientia is a journal committed to publishing studies in the area of foreign language teaching and learning and linguistics. It adopts diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives in exploring a wide range of current issues in foreign language teaching and linguistic studies. Subject ...