Abstract In virtually every text message or tweet created today, especially amongst social peers, one is bound to find an emoji located at strategic points in the message. The rise and spread of this seemingly […]
We are glad to announce the publication of the new issue of Signs & Media, a bilingual (English-Chinese), peer-reviewed semiotic journal. Please feel free to download the PDF Version of Signs & Media. Editor’s Notes […]
An international group of artists recently unveiled The End of Money—a collaborative, multimodal exhibit hosted by the Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art in Rotterdam, from 22 May–7 August 2011. The cover design for […]
By Gabriela Pedranti As we do (almost) every year, we went to Tallinn for the last Semiofest edition (June 1st to June 4th, 2016). Having attended four out of five events (and even organising it […]
Information consumption modes are changing at an increasing pace. Brief sentences, graphs, images, and short paragraphs are caught on the fly on mobile phones and tablets. Keen eyes quickly discriminate what is relevant and what […]
I thought I knew something about movement until I broke my foot. In March 2012 I sustained an Mt-II stress fracture in my right foot. At the time, I had been practicing yoga daily for […]
Emotion has long been considered a central aspect of human functioning but its importance as a research subject has only recently been recognized by the scientific community. The modern study of emotion can be said […]
Take a walk through any upmarket shopping mall (frequently referred to as a ‘gallery’ implying artful displays of precious, highly desirable and – to many – unattainable objects) and you will find numerous instances of […]
Chris Arning – on behalf of the Semiofest Organizing Committee “So why do a conference anyway? And what makes an event engaging? A well executed industry gathering is not just about educating your audience. It’s […]
Humans are iconophiles: we love to connect form and meaning, and do so even when it doesn’t seem warranted. This holds for writing as well as for speech. The writing system of Chinese is a […]
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