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Breaking Down the Codes: A Study of the Nonverbal Emblems and Regulators Used in International B-Boy Competitions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This study explored the use of nonverbal emblems and regulators in international b-boy competitions. Using semiotics, a lexicon of the emblems and regulators was recorded. Then the dimensions from a theory of semantics of dance were applied to understand
Watanabe, Kelsi S.
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Mobile Multi-media Messages (MMS): Show-don't-tell in a Communication [PDF]

open access: yes
With its complex intersemiotic and intermedial textual configuration, the multimedia mobile message (MMS) offers a unique opportunity to apply visual semiotics tools to the theories of communication. By means of an experimental technical device used by a
Horel, Bertrand
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A Critique of Advertisements for Female Hygiene Products: A Silent Crisis in America [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Female hygiene advertisements can be ambiguous due to the intimate nature of menstruation. This can result in a lack of information and invoke the need to hide signals of menstruation.
Schulte, Laura
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Simulated animal and simulated umwelt: Towards a method of analysing and critiquing nonhuman animals in consumer settings

open access: yesSign Systems Studies
In this article I develop sociologist George Ritzer’s concept ‘simulated animal’ by focusing on rational systems, enchantment, and nonhuman animal corporeality and behaviour.
Andrew Mark Creighton
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Signs of Morality in David Bowie's "Black Star" Video Clip [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
“Black Star” music video was released two days before Bowie’s death. It bears various implications of dying and the notion of mortality is both literal and metaphorical. It is highly autobiographical and serves as a theatrical stage for Bowie to act both
Kokkidou, May, Paschali, Elvina
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