[Sigia-l] IA and semiotics

[Arjun Sabharwal]

Hello,

This is an interesting topic, but unless a new definition of 
semiotics is to be proposed, one must consider that this 
discipline has been created to study the process of 
communication via signs between a producer (the one who 
sends) and a perceiver (the one who receives, analyzes, and 
interprets).  Otherwise, there is also a related field 
called semiology, which is the study of signs -- at least to 
my understanding -- used in a communication process, and 
perhaps SEMANTICS.  I was also thinking of proxemics, which 
has been in practice to study the use of space in power 
structures, but it would require a re-definition if it were 
to be applied to cyberspace.

Best,

Arjun Sabharwal 
Arjun Sabharwal
Remote Services Librarian
Baker College Library
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Flint, MI 48507
arjun.sabharwal at baker.edu