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Identity

With these ads (McCann Erickson Portugal), we have 3 different icons and one repetitive number. So it can’t represent their identity.

Numbers are polysemic

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It is an anti discrimination campaign with the telephone number of Amnesty International in Portugal. The text gives the missing information needed to the understanding of numbers.
Numbers are polysemic: they have different meanings. The text has an “ancrage” function using the terms of Roland Barthes; it helps the receiver to choose the right level of perception.

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