本研究旨在透過符號學觀點探討Chanel與Dior香水廣告建構的法國文化意涵，並特別針對廣告普遍使用的性別題材，剖析隱藏在廣告符碼中的性別形象，以及文本意義如何被受訪者解讀。對此，本研究援引Hofstede的文化構面理論、廣告的女性形象論述與閱聽人研究，以Chanel與Dior共六支電視廣告為例，一方面進行符號學的文本分析，另一方面執行閱聽人的深度訪談。 研究結果發現，廣告文本的主體是「被解放的」女性，她們並不需要透過刻意裸露或賣弄性感來展現自我風格，更不用引誘或依附男性來定義自我；同時，廣告透過敘事手法與符號的組合，在毗鄰軸上自然化「法國」與「巴黎」這兩個實不相同的符號，建構出具有現代感的「時尚」等縱向跳躍的系譜軸意涵，並在更高層次的表意過程中，與「西方性」等符號結合，擴展成訴諸全球市場的意義指向。 歸納廣告建構的文化意涵，整體呈現「權力距離低」、「低不確定性規避」、「個人主義」、「陰柔」與「短期關係導向」的國家概念；而閱聽人的深度訪談結果也與文本建構的意義相符，屬於優勢解讀。 / This research aims to explore what “French culture” is in perfume commercials of Chanel and Dior from the perspective of Semiotics. In addition to analyzing the “gender image”, which is the principal issue among commercials, this research also seeks to reveal how the audience interprets perfume commercial. Based on the theories of Hofstede’s cultural dimensions, gender discourse and audience’s research, this research takes six commercial for example, conducting text-analysis on one hand and interviewing the audience on the other. The result shows that the subject of the texts is “liberated” female. They are independent, confident and characteristic instead of being the object of men. Meanwhile, through narrating and the combination of signs, “France” is to be equalized with “Paris”, representing the meaning of modern “fashion”. At a higher level of signifying, “France” is combined with “Europe” and further with “western world”, indicating the meaning of global market. To summarize the cultural dimensions in the commercials, it implies low power distance, low uncertainty avoidance, individualism, femininity and short-term orientation. As for the interpretation of the audience, the result is consistent with the constructive meaning of the texts, which means the audience takes the way of dominant reading.

現代消費社會籠罩在濃厚的符號性消費氛圍之下，「家具」也從純功能性的物件轉變為符號價值高的象徵性消費商品。本研究以Roland Barthes的圖像符號理論為基礎，試圖分析台灣的家具平面廣告，探究這些廣告的符號運作原則，以及隱含於家具消費背後的社會文化價值。從居家設計雜誌《ARCH雅砌》與《室內interior》中選取二十三則家具廣告，並依據廣告的主題與文本特性分為五個類別，進行深入分析。本研究發現，家具平面廣告的圖像訊息常依循「堆疊引申」與「二元對立」兩種意義建構過程，自然化物件的並置，堆砌出各種符號指涉系統；此外，在家具廣告中，文字訊息能同時對圖像訊息產生預設意義與情境意義的功能，但多對圖像進行「預設意義」的作用。本研究進一步發現，多數的家具廣告未建構出一個「家庭」的氛圍，而僅是搭築一個富含指涉意義的家具展示空間，利用這個空間極力強調西方文化的優越性，而西化的氛圍指涉了高級的生活型態。最後，研究結果顯示，在家具消費的領域中，社會階層、品味與文化資本皆影響了消費者行為，驗證了Baudrillard與Bourdieu等學者的符號消費理論。 / Modern society operates behind a shroud of symbolic consumption. Home furniture consumption, as an example, has been altered from purely functional to highly symbolic. Based on Roland Barthes’ pictorial semiotic theory, this paper attempts to analyze the print advertisements of furniture in Taiwan in order to clarify the signifying process of these furniture print ads and the socio-cultural values embedded in the Taiwan’s furniture consumption. Twenty-three print ads selected from popular design magazines, Arch and interior, are categorized into five groups according to their thematic and textual characteristics. The research finds that the iconic messages of these print ads are mostly in the pattern of “refrain” and “binary-opposition” utilizing “naturalization of objects” to construct symbolic meanings. Furthermore, the meaning of iconic message is frequently restrained by the linguistic message in terms of “anchorage,” although both “anchorage” and “relay” may both function in the print ad simultaneously. Most of the furniture advertisements didn’t construct a “home” atmosphere, but only a space to display furniture products and build rich referential meaning. The superiority of western culture is strongly emphasized; westernized ambience signifies the high-class life style. Finally, the research results indicate that in the case of furniture purchase, consumer behavior involves social class, taste, and cultural capital, which confirm Baudrillard’s and Bourdieu’s theories of symbolic consumption.