Media Semiotics - Science topic

Hello, Research Gate Colleagues,

Maybe some of you have been trying something like this.  As an experiment I watch unpopular posts running counter to the recursive programming loop aspect of cascading "likes" to posts that give what may be called (in field of rhetoric) group-binding "fantasy themes."

Memes, going viral, etc.

Make some posts and check with a log what gets 0 "likes."  I don't mean where a post is horrendous in some way but just strange and oblique to the point that people pass it by.

Now consider Alzheimer's research.

How do we help people with cognitive impairment?  We get them to do something different, no matter how small because doing an entirely new thing builds new neural pathways.

Q: Are people at much younger ages mimicking the neurological "auto-pilot" behavior of seniors who tell that same family story over and over in almost the same words?  What does this do to seniors?

I hit on this cross-reference because I like obscure things and many of my posts get no "likes' at all.  I don't think I am offending anybody with posts about theremin music playing folk songs or such things.  The readers just have 0 cognitive hooks to decide what they think and pass these posts by.  I do think one English prof. colleague is on to me know and she routinely "likes" my posts just to ruin a perfect record.

What do you think of the implication of this above?  Are you aware of studies on 'no like' posts on social media?

Respectfully,

Gloria

I am writing a research paper in which I will be analyzing propaganda narratives and conspiracy theories from the semiotics perspective. So, what kind of research design should be followed?

This is what sparked my question:  I am watching an episode of "Xploration Station: Earth 2050" on Fox26 (Saturday, 8:00 AM), where teachers-in-training are practicing with VR classrooms. University of Central Florida is tied into this, and a program called "TeachLive."

Ok, first thing is - why is it important. Let us look at the data - in terms of monetary values the sexually explicit contents in the digital media (that includes porn as well) is worth billions of dollars. And it is happening all around us. People are paying to watch these and also directly or indirectly these are in use in other media campaigns - many advertising contents are highly influenced by the sexually explicit contents.

Now the key question in terms of audience consumption is - why there is such a big demand for these explicit contents? Is it because there is a supply and that's why there is a demand? Probably no. There is a hidden demand and the web media has opened the wide platform to accommodate ample supply. There should be an anthropological connection in this scenario - it took ages for us, the Human Being, to learn how (and why) to wear clothes so that we are not exposed and now, the reverse is in demand - exposing. Why? Is it imposed? Is it natural? Is it influenced? Is it influencing?

Also, the cultural perspectives are important in this scenario. Although the demand for the explicit contents is prevailing across all the societies covering various cultural dimensions - the approach of acceptability and the mechanism of acceptance vary from culture to culture. Sexually explicit contents in the web media are consumed (as primary product) and also are used in other promotional contents (as secondary product) in all the societies as research shows - ranging from the West to the East. From less conservative societies to more conservative societies. It is important to figure out how the varied cultural perspectives influence the consumption and distribution of the contents. How to do that? I will develop a scale of theoretical measurement in this regard in my research in the near future. 

There are many other perspectives that are not only relevant but also extremely important to understand this trend of sexually explicit contents in the digital media. I have worked in the media sector including creative advertising for many years - also I am an academic researcher in this sector - I want to connect the dots in this regard - sociology, psychology, anthropology, comms/media theories, culture. The basic of communications models has a special place here including the one for ads - the flow of the origination of an analytical aspect to exploring the audience insights to content production/distribution to monitoring. 

Looking for comments on using semiotics to analyse YouTube text (specifically UGC videos).

Whats related literture to prove it?

I want to use semiotic theory as a theoretical framework for my research, whose purpose is to classify as well as account for the representations of the working-class people in Moroccan cinema.

Your reactions are very much appreciated.

I am studying connotative signifiers in relation with age and gender differences. How males are different than females in terms of conveying the connotative meanings of certain signs.The same thing will be applied on the comparison between teenagers and adults. Unfortunately, there are no adequate studies to rely on while testing the previous hypothesis. I am thinking about testing the connotation of signs that signals levels of risk in accordance with two studies that show differences in the perception of risk between females and males, and adolescents and adults. I would be grateful if any of you have suggestions or any kind of help. Thanks!

We're applying for H2020 funding for assistive technologies so an SME or academic partner would be best.

My intention is to run focus groups, observe people interacting with technology or apps, observe people interacting with people to achieve a goal in order to discover the range of personality constructs that help and hinder users trying to achieve a goal. These constructs can then be used to design a multimodal HMI that supports the interactions between the system and the users. Is anyone interested?

You'll need an understanding of human factors techniques

You'll need an understanding of our end user population - in this case the elderly

You'll need to have an open mind about designing software with personality!

You'll need an awareness of cross-cultural differences in behaviour, what is acceptable behaviour in France may not be in England! We want our software to be inclusive.

Experience in developing software to support the elderly or disabled users would be great

Who might be interested in creating a group on educational semiotics?

There are several definitions for content from different perspectives? e.g., content refers to information and experiences that may provide value to an end-user/audience (Wikipedia), from another perspective, some definitions do not differentiate between the media and content.

What is the best acceptable definition for 'content' in the literature?