Meaning of Word ‘Content’ in Linguistic Consciousness of Young People

The article is devoted to the semantic-cognitive analysis of the meaning of the word ‘content’. The scientific novelty of the work is seen in the fact that in the linguistic literature there are no studies in which a semantic-cognitive description of the meaning of the word ‘content’ is presented. The results of a comparative analysis of the formal-logical and psycholinguistic study of the semantics of the word ‘content’ are presented. In the course of the study, a discrepancy was found between the lexicographic description and the psychological representation of concepts associated with discrepancies between the data of explanatory dictionaries and the conclusions made on the associative material. It was found that the systemic meaning of the word content, containing a minimum of features recorded in dictionaries in accordance with the principles of reductionism, is reduced to the content of messages and information. The experiment showed that in the mental representation of young people, content is perceived as unconfirmed interesting information on the Internet using visuality, written in simple language and designed to consume ⅓ of the active time of the day among modern youth.

Textual analysis of artificial intelligence manuscripts reveals features associated with peer review outcome

We analyzed a data set of scientific manuscripts that were submitted to various conferences in artificial intelligence. We performed a combination of semantic, lexical, and psycholinguistic analyses of the full text of the manuscripts and compared them with the outcome of the peer review process. We found that accepted manuscripts scored lower than rejected manuscripts on two indicators of readability, and that they also used more scientific and artificial intelligence jargon. We also found that accepted manuscripts were written with words that are less frequent, that are acquired at an older age, and that are more abstract than rejected manuscripts. The analysis of references included in the manuscripts revealed that the subset of accepted submissions were more likely to cite the same publications. This finding was echoed by pairwise comparisons of the word content of the manuscripts (i.e., an indicator of semantic similarity), which were more similar in the subset of accepted manuscripts. Finally, we predicted the peer review outcome of manuscripts with their word content, with words related to machine learning and neural networks positively related to acceptance, whereas words related to logic, symbolic processing, and knowledge-based systems negatively related to acceptance.

Modus Barbara: logical-phenomenological experiment of the explanation of the emoji language

In the paper the sign of the emoji language is investigated through the logical-linguistic lense. The authors conclude that the explanation of the content plane and expression plane of an optical sign (and therefore a non-linear one), due to the bilaterality of its structure, is inexhaustible, since the optics of emoji include psychophysiological factors that appeal to the linguistic and extralinguistic elements of the formation of the signs. Consequently, the substrate for the investigation of the emoji sign is nominated as polyilaterality. The latter allows the synthesis of the structural (logical) level and the conceptual (phenomenological) level of the explanation of the sign, because the content plane and the expression plane of the optical sign is both in its form and in the semantic load. The study focuses on an empirical experiment initiated by the authors: a survey created on the basis of a Google Forms "Emoji Association", containing 147 perceptions and interpretations of emoji signs. The experiment is tested through G. Frege's semantic triangle, which schematically demonstrates a bilateral approach to the word content plane, depending on both the abstract denotation (proper word) and the specific meaning (word meaning). With an emphasis on polyilaterality and its verification, hypothetical-deductive syllogisms are created (in particular, according to the sign investigated in the paper, a syllogism is created in the modus of the first Barbara figure, AAA), which includes interpretive-lexemes, which, according to the digital analysis of the responses using the Voyant Tools web application, are more common in frequency. Therefore, the authors approbate the verification of the meaning of the emoji sign using such science as logic, which visualizes the denotation and individual interpretations of the sign in the true-false dichotomy. According to the results of the experimental logical-linguistic approach to the investigation of the emoji sign, it is concluded that the logical tools used in the article disclose the fractalization of the forms of the agrammatism of the emoji sign with their verbal versions of the formants with subsequent verification of both.

Teenagers, smartphones and digital audio consumption in the age of Spotify

The consolidation of smartphones as dominant devices for access to digital information and entertainment has redefined the processes of production and commercialization of cultural communication industries. The nature of these screens, which prioritize the visual content over the sound, decisively influences distribution strategies in the audio market: radio operators, streaming music platforms and podcast creators need to adapt their value chains to the habits derived from this mediation, especially in the younger audience. This research identifies the practices of mobile use as an audio receiver among adolescents in Colombia, Spain and Mexico –the most representative countries of Spanish-speaking digital sound consumption– based on a descriptive study on a thousand subjects from 13 to 19 years of age. The results confirm the overwhelming dominance in this music menu in the face of low penetration of radio and podcast word content. The selection is based on personal criteria, with little margin for the prescription of family or friends. There is evidence of the roots of individual listening, linked to the brand and the visibility of audio providers, who are obliged to develop diffusion logics based not only on thematic or genre preferences, but also on the user experience.La consolidación de los smartphones como dispositivos dominantes de acceso a la información y el ocio digital ha redefinido los procesos de producción y comercialización de las industrias culturales de la comunicación. La naturaleza de estas pantallas, que priorizan el contenido visual sobre el sonoro, determina hoy las estrategias de distribución y comercialización en el mercado del audio: operadores de radio, servicios de música en streaming y creadores de podcasts necesitan adecuar sus cadenas de valor a los hábitos derivados de esta mediatización, sobre todo en la audiencia más joven. Esta investigación identifica las prácticas de uso del móvil como receptor de audio entre los adolescentes de Colombia, España y México –los países más representativos del consumo digital sonoro hispanohablante– a partir de un estudio descriptivo sobre 1.004 sujetos de 13 a 19 años. Los resultados revelan el abrumador dominio de la música en este menú frente a la baja aceptación de los contenidos de palabra de radio y podcast. Su selección se asienta sobre criterios personales, con poco margen para la prescripción de familiares o amigos. Se constata el arraigo de una escucha individual, ligada a la marca y la visibilidad de los oferentes de audio, obligados a desarrollar lógicas de difusión basadas no sólo en preferencias de temas o géneros, sino también en las asociadas a la experiencia de usuario en estos terminales.