scholarly journals Communicative habitus and social distancing. Effects on the modes of sign production during the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (0) ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
Berna Leticia Valle Canales ◽  
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Julio César Chavarría Hernández ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Health Policies ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Semiotic Approach ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Evolutionary Control ◽  
Theoretical Reflection

In the year 2020, in the context of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, Mexico’s government implemented health policies of “social distancing”. In this essay, we make a theoretical reflection on this policies’ effects on signs’ production. The paper begins with our definition of communicational habitus and the semiotic relationship with social distancing to analyze systems’ evolutionary control from a systemic-semiotic approach.

scholarly journals A “Strong” Approach to Sustainability Literacy: Embodied Ecology and Media

Philosophies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Cary Campbell ◽  
Nataša Lacković ◽  
Alin Olteanu
Keyword(s):  
Media Literacy ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Environmental Literacy ◽  
Literacy Studies ◽  
Critical Media Literacy ◽  
Semiotic Approach ◽  
Sustainability Literacy ◽  
Critical Media ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Integrated Sustainability

This article outlines a “strong” theoretical approach to sustainability literacy, building on an earlier definition of strong and weak environmental literacy (Stables and Bishop 2001). The argument builds upon a specific semiotic approach to educational philosophy (sometimes called edusemiotics), to which these authors have been contributing. Here, we highlight how a view of learning that centers on embodied and multimodal communication invites bridging biosemiotics with critical media literacy, in pursuit of a strong, integrated sustainability literacy. The need for such a construal of literacy can be observed in recent scholarship on embodied cognition, education, media and bio/eco-semiotics. By (1) construing the environment as semiosic (Umwelt), and (2) replacing the notion of text with model, we develop a theory of literacy that understands learning as embodied/environmental in/across any mediality. As such, digital and multimedia learning are deemed to rest on environmental and embodied affordances. The notions of semiotic resources and affordances are also defined from these perspectives. We propose that a biosemiotics-informed approach to literacy, connecting both eco- and critical-media literacy, accompanies a much broader scope of meaning-making than has been the case in literacy studies so far.

scholarly journals Healthcare Students’ Perception of Social Distancing during the 2019 Coronavirus Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Survey

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Devon L Barrett ◽  
Katharine W Rainer ◽  
Chao Zhang ◽  
Travis W Blalock
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Disease Spread ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Healthcare Students ◽  
Common Definition ◽  
Grouping Students ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
Definition Of

Background: Since the implementation of social distancing practices during the global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic there have been a myriad of definitions for ‘social distancing.’ The objective of this study was to determine students’ awareness of the various definitions of social distancing, how strictly they adhered to social distancing guidelines, and how they perceived the importance of various social distancing practices.  Methods: This cross-sectional survey was distributed via email to students at Emory-affiliated graduate schools, including the Medical, Nursing, and Public Health Schools. Results: Of the 2,453 recipients of the survey, 415 students responded (16.9% response rate). The majority of respondents were medical students (n=225, 55.6%). Of the respondents, 357 noted that they “frequently” or “always” abided by social distancing. The most common definition of social distancing with which respondents were familiar was the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s (n=276 of 369 responses, 74.8%). There were significant differences across groups  when grouping students by the definition of social distancing that they were aware of, the social distancing guideline they most closely followed, and their school of attendance regarding the importance of specific social distancing examples (p<0.05 for each). Conclusions: A survey of healthcare students identified differences in the importance of social distancing practices based on the definition of social distancing that they were aware of. The results of this study underscore the importance of having unified definitions of public health messaging, which ultimately may impact disease spread.

scholarly journals I kissed an NPC, and I like it: Love and sexuality in digital games

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 41-61
Author(s):  
Gianmarco Thierry Giuliana
Keyword(s):  
Digital Games ◽  
Cultural Relevance ◽  
Semiotic Approach ◽  
Key Features ◽  
Theoretical Reflection

In this paper we will discuss the presence of love and sexuality in digital games (from ‘80s amateur porn games to the newest released VR ludo-erotic entertainment), both as representation and as experienced simulation. By way of a semiotic framework, we will analyze the following key features that produce the meaning of love and sexuality (L&S from now on) in these texts: the possibility of semantic manipulation, intersubjective enunciation, a cognitive sensibility created through a ratio, and the presence of an economy of meaning. Furthermore, we will look not only at what these games represent and allow players to do, but also at players’ strategies and actions that give love and sex meaning in these games. Finally, this work will allow us to highlight not only the ideological and socio-cultural relevance of love and sex in digital games, but also the limits of a classical semiotic approach to this kind of problem, and consequently to make a general theoretical reflection in the conclusion.

scholarly journals Problemy z granicami wypowiedzeń w polszczyźnie mówionej – uwagi wstępne

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michał Szczyszek
Keyword(s):  
Spoken Language ◽  
Specific Task ◽  
The Real ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Task Oriented ◽  
Theoretical Reflection ◽  
Innovative Concept

The article discusses the problems associated with segmented into separate sentences the stream of spoken language. There are both: theoretical problems (what is utterance?, what are its boundaries?, what are the theoretical proposals for the segmentation of utterances?), and practical problems (where is the real border between the two utterances in spoken language?, what criteria of segmentation stream of spoken language can be used?). The language material – which is the basis for the research presented in this article – comes from twenty task-oriented dialogue sessions with the participation of forty speakers performing a specific task. As a result of the analysis, based on available positions and theoretical reflection I managed to develop a tool for syntactical segmentation of the stream of spoken language. This tool can be presented in the form of a new (innovative) concept of definition of the utterance.

scholarly journals سيميائية الخطاب السياسي، الشعر في الحجاز نهاية عهد الدولة العثمانية أنموذجاً / Political discourse semiotics: Hijaz poetry at the end of Othman empire

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-142
Author(s):  
Faisal Bin Salih Al Zahrani
Keyword(s):  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Arabic Literature ◽  
The Political ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Semiotic Analysis ◽  
Poetic Discourse ◽  
Semiotic Approach ◽  
Poetic Text ◽  
Poetic Texts ◽  
Definition Of

ملخص البحث:   يعد الأدب العربي في إقليم الحجاز جزءاً من أدب الأمة العربية الجميل؛ لكن الدراسات الأدبية لا تزال غير كافية على الرغم من بذل بعض الباحثين جهوداً لجمع مادته الأدبية التي لا يزال كثير منها مخطوطاً أو مفقوداً أو مخفياً لأسباب متعددة. يبحث المنهج السيميائي عن المعنى من خلال البحث عن الاختلاف الداخلي للمعاني عبر المنهج السيميائي لتحليل الخطاب الشعري؛ وذلك من منطلق المنهج السيميائي في دراسة النصوص الشعرية والتي تؤكد أنها تتكون من نظام لغوي يعطي مجموعة من المعطيات الخاصة، وهذه الرؤية أسقطها المنهج السيميائي على أغلب النصوص الإبداعية، مع تميز النص الشعري بقدرته على اختزال المعنى، وتسعى هذه الدراسة إلى تتبع الشعر السياسي في الحجاز والوقوف على الدلالات التي يبرزها التحليل السيميائي من خلال المعنى الشعري، وذلك باتباع المنهج الوصفي التحليلي؛ حيث تبدأ بمقدمة تعرف ببعض المصطلحات الهامة مثل: إقليم الحجاز، السيميائية، الشعر السياسي، وستقوم عناصر التحليل لعدة مستوايات: تبدأ الخطاب العام، والمستوى المعجمي، والمستوى التركيبي، ثم المستوى التركيبي. الكلمات المفتاحية: الشعر السياسي - السيميائية - الخطاب العام - المستوى المعجمي- المستوى التركيبي. Abstract Arabic literature in Hijaz area is a part of magnificent Arabic literature. Much of literary works are still missing for many reasons despite the effort of some researchers in collecting and recording them. The semiotic approach looks into meaning by examining its internal differences through semiotic method to analyze poetic discourse. The semiotic approach helps in studying the poetic texts that reveal that it contains a language system that implies certain inputs. This very method helps to reveal such a perception on most of creative texts, with the distinction of the poetic text as having the ability to compress meaning. This paper aims at tracking the political poems in Hijaz and dwell on the meaning revealed by the semiotic analysis through the poetic meaning. The study makes use of the descriptive analysis method. It begins with the definition of some significant terms such as: Hijaz, semiotics, political poems; the analysis is based on certain levels: it begins with the general discourse, lexical and phrasal levels.   Keywords: Political poems, semiotics, general discourse, lexical level, phrasal level.     Abstrak Satera Arab di Hijaz adalah sebahagian daripada kesusasteraan yang gemilang. Namun masih banyak karya-karya yang masih hilang disebabkan banyak faktor walaupun usaha-usaha para pengkaji dalam mengumpul dan merekodkannya. Pendekatan semiotik ini melihat aspek makna dengan melihat perbezaan dalaman melalui metod semiotik untuk menganalisa wacana syair. Pendekatan ini juga menolong menyingkap sistem bahasa tertentu yang menandakan input tertentu. Ia juga menolong menyingkap untuk menyerlahkan persepsi tertentu tentang kebanyakan teks kreatif, terutamanya kelebihan teks puitis untuk memampatkan makna. Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengesan syair-syair politik di Hijaz dan mengkaji makna yang diserlahkan melalui analisa maksud puitis. Kajian ini menggunakan metod analisa deskriptif. Ia dimulakan dengan definisi beberapa terma penting seperti: Hijaz, semiotic, syair politik; analisa yang dibuat adalah berdasarkan kepada beberapa tahap: ia bermula dengan wacana umum seterusnya tahap-tahap leksikal dan phrasa.    Kata kunci: Syair politik, semiotic, wacana umum, tahap leksikal, tahap frasa

Bringing back the image into its frame: Barthes’ soldier and the contextual frame of human perception and interpretation of signs

Semiotica ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (229) ◽  
pp. 87-100
Author(s):  
Sarvenaz Safavi ◽  
Agah Gümüş
Keyword(s):  
Human Perception ◽  
Background Knowledge ◽  
Roland Barthes ◽  
Situational Context ◽  
New Model ◽  
Sign System ◽  
Semiotic Approach ◽  
Definition Of

AbstractIn this article, the authors try to review the Paris-Match cover page (No. 326 from 1955) analyzed by Roland Barthes and introduces a new model of analyzing sign system from a new semiotic approach based on the new definition of the context. This research is based on three layers of the context and shows that understanding the cover page of a magazine or any other kind of text is not only absolute but also somehow relative due to the different background knowledge of the audience. This means that human sees the Context A, or what is designed, in the situation of Context B, or situational context, and interpret based on their Context C, or background knowledge of the audience.

scholarly journals Experience report on strategy design for effective public health policies in the Piauí, Brazil, 2020

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
L Vilarinho ◽  
A Amorim ◽  
C Fé ◽  
O Cardoso
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Life Expectancy ◽  
The State ◽  
Health Policies ◽  
State Planning ◽  
Public Health Policies ◽  
Strategic Actions ◽  
Health Area ◽  
Swot Matrix ◽  
Definition Of

Abstract Aim Report of the ascending, collective and participative process of construction of the Strategic Action Plan of the State Secretariat of Health of Piauí for the period from 2020 to 2023 and its compatibility with the Planning and Management Instrument of the State of Piauí - PPA (Plano Pluri Yearly). Action developed for the Institutional Development Program of SUS. We sought consistency and compatibility for health needs and Government priorities, implementing public health policies, technical, operational and financial feasibility and feasibility, impact and improvement in living conditions and health of the population, reducing inequalities, expanding the access to inclusive health policies, increase in citizen's life expectancy and life expectancy at birth. Methods Workshops, with technical staff from the Health Secretariat and the State Planning Secretariat, using the Situational Strategic Planning-PES, in addition to the Balanced Scorecard, and the SWOT Matrix. The SESAPI Strategic Map was previously built, with priorities for the identification of plans and results oriented to the goals. Results The SWOT Matrix focused on analyzing the environment or scenarios, internal and external, with strategies to maintain strengths, reduce the intensity of weaknesses, use opportunities and protect against threats. The technical health priorities were legitimized and made compatible with the State Planning Secretariat, in Workshops with Social Representations of the 12 Regional Development Territories of the State. Conclusions The prioritized strategic actions embodied the definition of Budgetary Actions for the health area that conform to the LOA- Annual Budget Law, linking the estimated amounts to a set of indicators and desired and possible results to be achieved in the established period. The entire process was technically monitored and submitted to analysis and approval by the Social Control bodies in compliance with the provisions of the legislation in force. Key messages The prioritized strategic actions embodied the definition of Budgetary Actions for the health area and linked the estimated amounts to a set of indicators. All production has generated the formation of a government staff with managerial capacity to strategic planning and evaluation as part of training teams trained by the government.

scholarly journals Towards a semiotic definition of trash

2001 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 313-324
Author(s):  
Riste Keskpaik
Keyword(s):  
Structural Similarity ◽  
Current Paper ◽  
Environmental Crisis ◽  
Theoretical Literature ◽  
Semiotic Approach ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
Definition Of

The phenomenon of trash has rarely been addressed in the cultural theoretical literature. However, its structural similarity with the concept of taboo as well as its role in the dynamics of culture has been stated. Current paper aims to summarize the partial contributions that have been made so far, localize them in a larger semiotic framework, and deriving from Lonnan's approach to culture suggest a few further ideas for a semiotic definition of trash. It is proposed to define trash as a phenomenon marking the boundary between culhlre and non-culture/nature. In the context of the deepening environmental crisis (to which accumulation of trash contributes) a semiotic approach opens a new perspective for identifying the origin of the problem in our mind/culture rather than in nature.

scholarly journals Navigating the COVID-19 Data Landscape: Automated Hypothesis Generation using Topological Data Analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Methun Kamruzzaman ◽  
Matthew Bielskas ◽  
Bala Krishnamoorthy ◽  
Achla Marathe ◽  
Anil Vullikanti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Temporal Variations ◽  
Health Policies ◽  
Topological Data Analysis ◽  
Public Health Policies ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Disease Outcomes ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Topological Data

Abstract Background: There have been significant spatio-temporal variations in how the COVID-19 pandemic has unfolded in different parts of the country. While a huge amount of data related to the COVID-19 pandemic has become available including data on disease outcomes, different kinds of behaviors and diverse interventions, along with a number of co-variates, analyzing this data to characterize the spatio-temporal variations and gleaning actionable insights and hypotheses on different factors driving the pandemic remains a big challenge. The objective of this study is to identify in an unsupervised fashion the key spatio-temporal patterns, anomalies, and associated factors in the spread of COVID-19 in different regions that can be used in the development of models and the planning of public health policies. Methods: We present a topological data analysis (TDA) framework for exploring COVID-19 data that supports two types of analytical functions: i) discover disease epochs in the trajectories that reveal spatio-temporal events of interest; and ii) modeland better elucidate interactions between variables of different disease outcomes (e.g., number of cases, hospitalizations , deaths) and intervention mechanisms (e.g., social distancing, contract tracing). Results: Our TDA framework reveals several insights in an automated manner by identifying co-evolving and divergent cohorts of states with respect to various disease outcomes (e.g., number of new cases) and measures of behavior or interventions (e.g. social distancing, COVID exposure, hospital bed utilization). Our framework also identifies the branching points at which the different cohorts start evolving separately. Conclusions: The illustrative case studies show that our TDA-based analytical framework can help navigate the epidemic data landscape in an automated and guided manner, and can provide insights to formulate hypotheses and devise sound, data-aided public health policies.

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