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The Semiotics of Global Warming: Combating Semiotic Corrruption [PDF]
, 2007 The central focus of this paper is the disjunction between the findings of climate science in revealing the threat of global warming and the failure to act appropriately to these warnings. The development of climate science can be illuminated through the
Gare, Arran
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Conveying organic character with a label: the role of color in the packaging of organic yogurt
Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.Abstract BACKGROUND This work evaluates the influence of label color in consumers’ perception of ‘organic’ in plain organic yogurt. Five labels were specifically designed for this purpose, using recurring hues and images found in a preliminary study of the packaging of 86 organic yogurts in six European countries.
Begoña Hernández +3 more
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A. J. Greimas: The perfection of imperfection
Sign Systems Studies, 2017 A. J.
Andrius Grigorjevas +2 more
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Disaster semiotics: An alternative ‘global semiotics’?
Sign Systems Studies, 2006 Thomas A. Sebeok’s global semiotics has inspired quite a few followers, noticeably Marcel Danesi, Susan Petrilli and Augusto Ponzio. However, for all the trendiness of the word, the very concept of global should be subject to more rigorous examination, especially within today’s ecological and politico-economic contexts. With human and natural disasters
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Methodologies for investigating and fostering plant awareness
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Plant awareness research suffers from disparate methodologies and an overreliance on self‐reported items, limiting its development. The collection addresses these gaps by highlighting diverse methodologies, including psychology, ethnobotany, arts‐based research, and educational sciences.
Dawn Sanders, Peter Pany, Bethan Stagg
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Autocommunicative meaning-making in online communication of the Estonian extreme right
Sign Systems Studies, 2016 This article analyses the online communication of the Estonian extreme right that appears to be characterized by an echo-chamber effect as well as enclosed and hermetic meaning-making. The discussion mainly relies on the theoretical frameworks offered by
Mari-Liis Madisson, Andreas Ventsel
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Science Education, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Engineering design provides students with unique opportunities to engage with disciplinary knowledge and practices by engaging with technologies and each other through the design process. In this paper, we identify how the co‐construction of an engineering afterschool club culture supported students’ engagement in epistemic practices of ...
Kathryn M. Bateman +3 more
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Science Education, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Immersive learning environments, such as serious educational games (SEGs), offer promising opportunities for enhancing elementary students' science learning outcomes and fostering their interest in science. These environments allow learners to explore scientific phenomena in ways traditional instruction cannot replicate.
Georgia W. Hodges, Kayla Flanagan
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Economic Anthropology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In the Chinese kimchi industry, manufacturers employ product names, photographs, and logistical strategies to promote their kimchi's “Koreanness.” So, what makes their kimchi “Korean,” and how does its Koreanness formulate kimchi's commodity value?
Heangjin Park
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Roman Jakobson and the topic of translation: Reception in academic reference works
Sign Systems Studies, 2008 The article describes and analyses connections established between Roman Jakobson’s scholarly legacy and the topic of translation in a selection of academic reference works. The aim in doing so is twofold: first, to look beyond the conventionalised image
Elin Sütiste
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