Chinese Semiotic Studies Call for Papers Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton ISSN 2198-9605, e-ISSN 2198-9613 Website: http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/css E-mail for submission: cssnnu@163.com Dear colleagues, It has been 6 years since Chinese Semiotic Studies (CSS) started the publication of its first issue in 2009. And it is now published by De Gruyter Mouton with 4 issues per year….
CFP: Ocula – Semiotic Eye on Media. The object is the “Semiotics of Economic Discourse”.
Semiotics of Economic Discourse Since the beginning of the crisis, some financial and economic terms have become familiar. Expressions such as “subprime”, “hedge fund”, “derivative”, “spread”, “quantitative easing”, “stress test”, “black pools”, “black liquidity” etc., are now habitual. We listen and read discussions about the distinction between “savings bank” and “investment bank”, between “public deficit”…

New book: Creating Value, The Theory and Practice of Marketing Semiotic Research, by Laura Oswald
Creating Value, The Theory and Practice of Marketing Semiotic Research (Oxford 2015) explains how brands draw actual market value from thecultural myths, social networks, and intangible experiences consumers invest in marketing signs, symbols, and rituals. It guides readers through the process of managing brand value by means of consumer ethnography, cultural analysis, design research, and…
CFP – Biosemiotics special issue: multi-level semiosis
Biosemiotics – special issue Call for papers The journal Biosemiotics (Springer) is preparing a special issue on “Multi-level semiosis: integrative approaches to biology, cognition and culture” guest-edited by Luis Emilio Bruni and Franco Giorgi. In the last two decades there has been an increasing interest in communication processes and sign-systems at all levels of complexity,…

CFP: Lexia n. 21 – Censorship
Lexia, the international, peer-reviewed, SCOPUS-indexed journal of CIRCE, the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Communication of the University of Turin, Italy, invites contributions to be published in issue n. 21. The topic of the forthcoming issue is “Censorship”. Expected publication schedule of the volume: June 15, 2015: deadline for contributions July 15, 2015: deadline for referees September…

New issue: Sign Systems Studies 42(2/3)
Sign Systems Studies 42(2/3) Sign Systems Studies has been selected for inclusion in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index as well as Current Contents/Arts and Humanities, beginning with volume 41, issue 1, 2013. CONTENTS ARTICLES * Kristian Tylén, Luis Emilio Bruni: Sign evolution on multiple time scales. Introductory comments * Winfried Nöth: The growth of…

Ocula special issue “Commemorating Charles S. Peirce (1839-1914): interpretive semiotics and mass media”
We are pleased to announce the publication of the Ocula special issue “Commemorating Charles S. Peirce (1839-1914): interpretive semiotics and mass media”. It includes contributions by: María de los Angeles Montes, Giorgio Borrelli, Geane Carvalho Alzamora, Valerio De Michele, Emanuele Fadda, Giacomo Festi, Jean Fisette, Carlos González Pérez, Tony Jappy, Toni Marino, Giampaolo Proni, Renira…
New Book: Eero Tarasti novel in Italian, “L’eredita di Villa Nevski”
The second novel by Eero Tarasti has appeared in Italian, entitled L’eredita di Villa Nevski. Translated from the Finnish by Vesa Matteo Piludu, edited by Paolo Rosato, 466 p. Casa Editrice Rocco Carabba, Lanciano.
Published new issue 17-18 of Lexia Journal of Semiotics
Download presentation-PDF: Lexia 17-18 Presentation materials Immagini efficaci Efficacious images “Viviamo nella società delle immagini” è ormai una frase senza senso. Se tutto è immagine, come distinguere tra visione e visione, a ognuna attribuendo una certa fattura, significazione, presa sul reale? Da tempo la semiotica si è data il compito di capire la sintassi delle immagini, il modo in…
New Book: Sémiotique du Fondamentalisme Religieux – Massimo Leone
Les médias parlent tout le temps de « fondamentalisme religieux » comme d’un élément essentiel de la scène sociale, culturelle, politique, et même militaire contemporaine. Mais qu’est-ce que c’est, au juste, le fondamentalisme religieux ? Comment peut-on distinguer un message fondamentaliste ? D’où dérive-t-elle la force communicative par laquelle ce type de discours s’est répandu de façon globale, surtout à travers…