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Semiotic dimensions of human attitudes towards other animals: A case of zoological gardens
Sign Systems Studies, 2016 This paper analyses the cultural and biosemiotic bases of human attitudes towards other species. A critical stance is taken towards species neutrality and it is shown that human attitudes towards different animal species differ depending on the ...
Nelly Mäekivi, Timo Maran
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Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.Abstract The issue of inequality caused by algorithms, termed ‘algorithmic inequality’, has recently attracted scholarly attention in many disciplines due to its profound implications for society. While the body of literature on algorithmic inequality has grown, there remains a lack of comprehensive understanding of its nature, drivers, and impact ...
Shiwei Jia, Jia Tina Du, Hui Yan
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Semiotics of threats: Discourse on the vulnerability of the Estonian identity card
Sign Systems Studies, 2019 This article analyses various e-threats that were expressed in media texts that focused on e-threat discourses concerning the Estonian identity card’s security risk in 2017. The discourse of cyberthreats contains strong and controversial meanings because
Andreas Ventsel, Mari-Liis Madisson
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Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.Abstract Information science rests on a compact: its mediating signs maintain a traceable relation to what they describe. Large language models (LLMs) break it architecturally, generating discourse that is statistically plausible yet epistemically ungrounded, while standard metrics (precision, recall, relevance) cannot detect the rupture.
Martin Thellefsen, Alon Friedman
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Sign Systems Studies, 2023 This paper examines how to model immersive virtual environments using Kalevi Kull’s ecosemiotic model of four degrees of nature. Using this theoretical model allows for an investigation into the paradoxical nature of reality and hyperreality, which is a
Alec Kozicki
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) is a contested concept and has generally been conceptualised by inter‐related indicators such as staff qualifications, educational environment, policy or child‐to‐staff ratios. There has been a more limited emphasis on how young children might perceive and experience quality.
Nikki Fairchild, Éva Mikuska
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“Ready for the Homeland” in Croatian media: Commemorations, victory, and foundation
Sign Systems Studies, 2023 This article analyses the media discourse surrounding the WWII fascist salute Za dom spremni (ZDS) in the aftermath of two national commemorations that took place in Croatia in spring 2020: Jasenovac and Operation Flash (Bljesak).
Katarina Damčević
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Social media platforms today have become essential for consumer‐brand interactions, with visual content playing a pivotal role in shaping engagement and brand perception. Although text‐based user‐generated content (UGC) has been widely studied, the potential of visual UGC, particularly in the travel, tourism and hospitality (TTH) sector ...
Chinchu Abraham +2 more
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A Semiotic View of Information: Semiotics as a Foundation of LIS Research in Information Behavior [PDF]
, 2006 Traditional information behavior studies in library and information science (LIS) research have focused on primarily two trends: one is to provide physical access to material objects and the other is to direct users to certain thoughts and ideas.
Huang, Sheng-Cheng
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Editor’s preface: For a minor semiotics
Sign Systems StudiesEditor’s preface: For a minor semiotics.
Ott Puumeister
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