Question 1

5 / 5 pts

List 10 places in your day-to-day lives where you are being watched.  You can think of places where people watch you (e.g., police officers, your parents, church members), or equipment used to watch you (e.g., traffic cameras).  

Your Answer:

supermarket, mall, police station, school, on the street, museum , house camera, market camera, restaurant, parking lot.

Question 2

5 / 5 pts

Below is a photo of the Illinois State Penitentiary.  Answer the following questions using this photo:

1. Using your semiotics skills, identify three signifiers and their signifieds.  Pay special attention to the structure in the center.
2. Where is this photo located?  Based on what you see in the photo, what is signficant about the design of the structure in the center?  In other words, what does it allow for?

Your Answer:

1. prison room: for prisoner stay

circular center: prisoner manage stay there

stadium: big, huge

2. supermarket, mall, police station, school, on the street, museum , house camera, market camera, restaurant, parking lot. the design of the structure in the center helps the manager can watch the prisoners.