Peircean Semiotics Research Articles

REPRESENTATION OF NATIONALISM ON YOUTUBE CREATIVE CONTENT WRAPPED IN INDONESIAN CULTURE (PEIRCE SEMIOTICS ANALYSIS ON PENTAS SWARA INDONESIA)

Indonesia's cultural diversity is evidence of differences in society. Along with the times, the sense of nationalism of the Indonesian people needs to be improved. The high number of social media use, especially YouTube in Indonesia, can be media aims to preserve culture and increase people's sense of nationalism. The purpose of this study was to determine the representation of nationalism in content wrapped in Indonesian culture with the scope of the YouTube video SkinnyIndonesian24 Pentas Swara Indonesia. The literature review contains theories and concepts regarding representation, nationalism, social media, and semiotics. This study uses a qualitative approach with an interpretive paradigm and discourse analysis methods. Peirce's Semiotics (Triadic Model) is used as a data analysis technique that examines Object as a significant reference, Representamen as a sign, and Interpretant as an interpretation. The primary data was collected from the Pentas Swara Indonesia video, while the secondary data was from literature studies and documentation. The validity of data uses triangulation of data sources. This research found a representation of nationalism in the footage of Pentas Swara Indonesia. Signs of nationalism are obtained through reference to signs that represent a sense of nationalism. The signs are from visuals (costumes, camera angles and shots, lighting) or audio (dialogues or songs) in selected scenes. The study concludes that nationalism in Pentas Swara Indonesia is a kind of effort to preserve Indonesian culture through modern art videos performance.

Online Psycho-educational Intervention in Mathematical Learning Difficulties

The present study shows the results of six case studies referring to an intervention applied to mathematical learning difficulties. Participants were 8 to 12 years old. The intervention considered mathematics as a language and it is theoretically based on Bronfenbrenner's bioecological model, Vygotsky's sociocultural theory and Peircean semiotics. The objective was to work on the development of academic skills associating mathematics with interactional social skills. The analysis was based on qualitative data collected during the intervention process and quantitative data from scales and instruments with pre- and post-intervention measures. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic context, some methodological issues were affected, mainly because the evaluations took place before and in the midst of the pandemic. Social impacts of the pandemic have unevenly affected participants, especially adolescents and children. The pandemic had a worse effect on adolescents than on children, especially regarding procedures that involve memory, and those with attentional problems also had worse results.

Analysis of Charles S Peirce's Semiotics on AQUA Advertising in Fulfilling the Aspects of Needs Version #AQUADULU

Analysis of Charles S Peirce's Semiotics on AQUA Advertising in Fulfilling the Aspects of Needs Version #AQUADULU

Integral Ecology As Theosemiotic: A Case For A Pragmatist Theological Ethics

Integral Ecology As Theosemiotic: A Case For A Pragmatist Theological Ethics

Analysis of the Concept of Disinformation from Peirce’s Semiotics

Abstract Adopting the perspective of Peircean semiotics, the work proposes to analyze the concept of disin-formation based on the phenomenon of fake news and the “post-truth” neologism associated with it. We review some contemporary informational theories, which start from the relationship between communication, computing, society and technologies, to demonstrate the need to broaden the strictly analytical view of the concept of information, albeit grounded in cybernetics, to include the reflection of semiotics and pragmatism of Peirce. We will briefly present the foundations of semiotics, mainly in its relation to the concepts of beliefs and truth that form the framework of pragmatism. We propose, in particular, three complementary dimensions of the term disinformation based on some semiotic precepts that, in our view, allow a better understanding of its manifestation in the communicative processes present in social media.

Furûk Eserlerinde Gösterge Türleri

Peirce (1839-1914), systematically classifies sign types according to the categories of being. He argues that abstract concepts can reach their clear meanings only when they are examined as signs and proposes a unique understanding method that reveals the difference of abstract concepts from other words. In this respect, a connection can be established between Peirce's semiotics and the science of furûq, which examines the meaning differences of closely related words. In Peirce semiotics, classification of the signs, which is the agent of the act of representation, as an independent phenomenon is important in terms of presenting a systematic model. In this context, the viewpoint of Islamic scholars on sign can be followed, based on the differences in meaning between the concepts that have the meaning of representation in the works of furûq. Therefore, in this study, it is aimed to find and classify the signs mentioned in furûq. Accordingly, in the first part, the relationship between the furûq and semiotics is mentioned and Peirce's sign types are explained in terms of being a model. In the second part, based on the semantic differences between the words that have the meaning of representation, the signs mentioned by Islamic scholars are classified.

The semiotics study of Al-Ahdhar Mosque architecture using the trichotomy of Charles Sanders Peirce

Semiotics is a science of signs, which is found daily in public spaces, print media, literary works, and buildings. A building can convey value, story, philosophy, and meaning through signs expressed on its architectural elements. These signs are in form of shape, spatial arrangement, building ornaments, colors, patterns, textures, or other elements. Therefore, this study aims to determine the meaning and message expressed by the architectural form of the Al-Ahdhar Mosque based on Charles Sanders Peirce's Semiotics, which consists of three aspects, namely Representant, Object, and Interpretant with the concept of trichotomy. It was carried out using a descriptive qualitative method to determine more about the observed phenomena. The meaning and messages of the case study were conveyed in form of signs and symbols through architectural elements. The data obtained through observations, interviews, and documentation were translated using Charles Sanders Peirce's Trichotomy semiotics. The modern-style design of the Al-Ahdhar Mosque showed that the forms and architectural elements carry a certain meaning. The results also showed that Charles Sanders Peirce's Trichotomy semiotic theory can be used to reveal meaning through signs. This indicated that signs on building elements have a meaning, and the relationship of meaning, sign, and symbol is from a correlation between signs and omens, which is called the semiosis process.

Portrayals the Ideal Men’s Body through the Body’s Nutritional Products

The body becomes an object that continues to change in the direction desired by each human being so that everyone has different goals and efforts in determining the purposes of their respective bodies. This is reinforced by the concept of the body being disorganized so that the capitalist industry uses this opportunity to discipline the body. Based on this background, this study aims to discover how the @lmen Instagram post evokes fantasies in men's minds through the signs that appear in @lmen's Instagram posts. The method used in this research is Charles Sanders Peirce's semiotics of 5 selected @lmen Instagram posts during 2020, which features a model represented by the winner of The New L-Men of the Year with L-Men products in one post. The conclusion obtained in this study is that men's body image with arm muscles and healthy skin is dominated by the consumption of L-Men as a body nutrition product.

SEMIOTICS ANALYSIS OF POVERTY COMMODIFICATION IN THE REALITY SHOW “UANG KAGET” EPISODE 482 ON GTV

This research is motivated by a reality show with the theme of poverty containing commodification practices that manipulate the show into a form of commodity that is consumed by its viewers. This practice turns poverty into a commodity that is exploited for the benefit of the media industry. This study aims to analyze the commodification of poverty in the reality show “Uang Kaget” episode 482. This study uses a qualitative approach, data was collected through observation and documentation, and it was analyzed using Charles Sanders Peirce's semiotics. The research results show that there is a commodification of poverty content in the visualization of the condition of food, clothing, housing, health, and education in the reality show "Uang Kaget" episode 482. The elements of poverty dominate in each segment of the show by displaying reality in a manipulative way so that it looks close to the real reality. The results of this study are expected to contribute to policy makers regarding reality show content, television show production creators to provide more educational, entertaining, and creative information; television program managers as reference for media policy makers; viewers to participate in supervising shows containing commodification: and the public to be more selective in appreciating television shows.

KEMAMPUAN BERPIKIR KREATIF SISWA ASIMILASI (ASSIMILATING) DAN KONVERGEN (CONVERGING) DALAM MEMECAHKAN MASALAH NUMERASI

Abstract
 The creative thinking ability is an individual’s capacity in combining logistical and divergent thinking in finding solutions to a problem to produce innovative new products. This study aims to analyze the level of creative thinking ability (LCT) of students with assimilating and converging learning styles in solving numeracy problems. The subjects of this qualitative research consisted of two grade VIII junior high school students who were selected using a purposive sampling technique, namely subjects who had assimilating and convergent learning styles. The research instrument consisted of a learning style questionnaire, a numeracy creative thinking ability test, and task-based interviews. The indicators used to assess creative products include fluency, flexibility, and novelty. Data analysis uses Pierce's triadic analysis or Peirce's semiotics which is the relationship between sign/representamen (which represents something else), object (which describes it), and interpretant (possible meaning or meaning made from it). The results showed that subjects with assimilating learning styles had creative thinking ability with LCT 3 (creative) because they met the indicators of fluency, flexibility and novelty. Meanwhile, students with convergent learning styles have the ability to think creatively with TKBK 2 (creative enough) because they meet the indicators of fluency and flexibility. Even though they did not meet the indicators of the results’s novelty, the students had reached the novelty of ideas. Therefore, teachers are expected to be stimulating students with members of questions related to the truth of the answers of students realizing the calculation they do so students can be more careful when solving the problem.
 Keywords: creative thinking ability, numeracy, assimilating and converging.

“What’s done is done, the bullet’s left the gun”: Questions on the Application, Origin, and Metaphysics of the «Course-of-Experience Framework»

The Course-of-Experience presents an interesting method for working with others’ experience, drawing on Micro-phenomenology (MP), Enactivism, and Peircean semiotics. It addresses possible applications to cognitive science, answering to a call about how to reliably integrate phenomenological data and experimental methods. I applaud the ambitious framework presented in the target paper, and hope that Poizat and colleagues in response or in later work will address three potential shortcoming: (1) How does the framework fare in comparison to similar methods. (2) Why is Peircean semiotics necessary for the framework? 3) Does it need to copy what seems to be epistemological and metaphysical infelicities concerning pre-reflective experience directly from MP?

From Signals to Knowledge and from Knowledge to Action: Peircean Semiotics and the Grounding of Cognition

Cognition is meant as the process of acquiring knowledge from the world. This process is supposed to happen within agents, which build such knowledge with the purpose to use it to determine their actions on the world. Following Peircean ideas, we postulate that such knowledge is encoded by means of signs. According to Peirce, signs are anything that can be used to represent anything else. Also, for Peirce, to represent means to be able to generate another sign, called the interpretant of the original sign, which still holds the same power of interpretability, I.e, its power to be transformed into a new sign, holding this same power. This happens through a process called semiosis, the process by which a sign is transformed into an interpretant. This whole process is performed with the aim of subsidizing the agent in deciding its behavior. So, even though the semiosis process has the power to continue infinitely, it usually stops whenever the generated interpretant brings enough information in order for the agent to effectively act in the world. We take signals to be the substract of signs. Signals are any physical property, which can be measured and captured by the agent, by means of its sensors. This includes any kind of internal memory the agent is able to have access, in order to operate. In this sense, signs can be both in the world (if these signals come from sensors) and within the own agent’s mind (if signals come from an internal memory). We understand an agent’s mind as the agents’ control system. In either case, signals can be abstracted as numbers. Not simply numbers, but numbers coming from specific sensors or specific memories. Using ideas from Peircean philosophy, in this work we postulate a pathway, in which signals, collected by either sensors or memory, can be organized in such a way that they can be effectively used as knowledge, in order for an agent to be able to decide its actions on the world, on the pursuit of its internal motivations. We postulate that agents identify and create a model of the world based on possibilities, existents, and laws, and based on this model, they are able to decide an action that maximizes the chance for the world to gain a shape, which the agents intend for it to be. This theory is postulated particularly for the case of artificial autonomous agents, meant to be constructed by engineering artifacts.

Multimodality in medical education: Perspectives on medical shadowing from an experiential learning curriculum

When undergraduate students join a premedical programme, they enrol in basic sciences with the rare opportunity to engage in clinical activities. One way to overcome this is a medical shadowing programme aimed at introducing students to important aspects in building their professional identity as future doctors: emotional intelligence and empathy, professionalism, teamwork, and leadership in medicine. As medical shadowing involves students’ constant engagement with various material artefacts in a clinical setting, it makes sense to apply methods that include artefacts, such as multimodal and visual semiotics. Using an inquiry graphics analytical framework inspired by Peircean semiotics, this paper argues for the integration of multimodality in undergraduate medical experiential learning, a scarcely researched area in medical education. Using a case study methodology, this study reports on an analysis of students’ visual representations of the intended learning goals and the applicability of visual artefacts as a tool for reflection on their shadowing experience. This research fills a gap in the literature on the role of multimodality, particularly visual imagery, in fostering new ideas that promote professional identity in medicine. Using data collected from 15 premedical students’ written reflections on their shadowing experience, the study results show students’ heightened awareness of physician attributes and their role in socializing premedical students early in their medical profession. The research findings would benefit premedical education leaders, instructional designers, and curriculum developers and inspire medical educators to embrace multimodality in teaching, learning, and assessment.Keywords: premedical education; multimodality; medical shadowing programmes; visual imagery; experiential learningPart of the Special Issue Visual literacies and visual technologies for teaching, learning and inclusion <https://doi.org/10.21428/8c225f6e.bf2afe2e>

A Palimpsest Theory of Objects

For many years, scholars have sought to track and explain how objects come to have layered, contested, and evolving meanings over time. This article examines the potential contributions and limitations of a palimpsest theory of objects to help explain such meaning-making practices. A palimpsest is a tablet or parchment from which writing has been partially or completely erased to make space for another text. This proposed theory investigates in what ways objects are palimpsests (literally and metaphorically), able to concurrently contain multiple meanings as each new one is inscribed over past ones. Drawing from Peircean semiotics and current palimpsest theory, this article considers the meaning-making practices of Guanyin (the Buddhist bodhisattva of compassion) statues as a case study. With Guanyin figurines, the processes of inscription and erasure can be systematically recorded in contexts of production and consumption by tracking the observed behaviors and expressed beliefs of different social actors and documenting the materiality of these objects as they move through physical and social spaces. The ethnography of things presented here both explores the processes that interweave meanings through Guanyin statues and tests the viability of an overarching palimpsest theory of objects.

Monument volumes and viewshed analysis at the Carson mounds site (22CO505), Coahoma County, Mississippi

Earthen mound construction is a cultural practice in the American Southeast that has over 5000 years of history. During this time, earthen mounds were variously associated with mortuary rituals, communal practices, social and political leadership, and/or cosmological structures of the universe. After CE 1200 in Mississippi’s Yazoo Basin, a floodplain of the Mississippi River stretching from Memphis to Vicksburg, numerous large, fortified and mounded towns were constructed. At these sites there is significant variation in numbers of mounds and mound volume. Blitz and Livingood and Payne stipulate in earlier studies that most earthen mounds were built slowly by kin groups for community integration and possibly flood relief. They also suggest that large mounds at large sites take on meanings of hierarchy and leadership. Using Peircean semiotics, Jerry Moore’s concept of relative scale, and with data compiled by Blitz and Livingood and Payne, this study evaluates mound volume and monumental viewsheds at the Carson site, a large Mississippian culture settlement that once had over 88 earthen mounds, some of which were small house mounds, and some of which were monumental.

Del signo al tesauro: aportes de tres corrientes del lenguaje

The organization of knowledge has a close relationship with language. In the elaboration of thesauri, it is important to reflect on the influence and marks of natural language. Therefore, the objective of this research is to analyze some theories related to language, whose object of study is the sign, such as Semiology, Peircean Semiotics and Bakhtinian ideological Semiology in order to understand the configuration of the sign in the process of representation and mediation of reality and promotion of meaning and its revitalization and, thus, recognize its condition as thesaurus applied to informational resources. For this purpose, a qualitative methodology was applied, with an exploratory nature, establishing a critical analysis based on a bibliographic review. In this way, it seeks to contribute to the Knowledge Organization in understanding the role of theories of the sign in the elaboration of thesauri.

Semiotics, language, and law: the linguistic turn in Western jurisprudence

Abstract In the latter half of the 20th century, with the development of philosophy studies, Western jurisprudence also witnessed a linguistic turn in its field. A series of academic schools appeared consecutively, such as the school of semantic analysis, the school of new rhetoric, the school of legal interpretation, and the school of structural semiotics. Their analytical paradigms, which were skeptical of the views of legal languages in traditional theories of jurisprudence, are interdisciplinary and multidimensional in nature and characteristics. Normally, there are three methods used in the linguistic turn of Western jurisprudence, that is, the method of symbolic restoration, the method of structural and functional analysis, and the method of legal hermeneutics. Promoted by the linguistic turn, two traditions of legal semiotics also developed. One is the legal theory based on Greimasian semiotics, and the other is based on Peircean semiotics. The linguistic turn in jurisprudence still represents a breakthrough and innovation in the paradigm of legal theoretical studies, as it leads to a re-examination of language, which is no longer treated as a tool but as a philosophical afterthought in relation to the human being.

The Documentary Imaginary of Brotherhood and Unity: Nonfiction Film in Yugoslavia, 1945–51

This article explores how nonfiction film in postwar Yugoslavia (1945–51) expressed a fundamental ambivalence that negotiated a desire for and image of a unified nation-state (supranationalism) with that of one made up of multiple nations (nationalism). I argue that nonfiction film became a key vehicle for communicating the ideological principle of “brotherhood and unity” (“bratstvo i jedinstvo”), a slogan Yugoslav Communists used to articulate a solution to the challenges of a unified, multinational, and multiethnic Yugoslavia. This effort, I contend, emerged not simply through cinematic textuality but also through the social experiences people have with cinema: not just by seeing national bodies laboring and cooperating with other peoples but also by viewing them together in a presentational space, by experiencing a film program with overlapping and conflicting thematics, and by the industrial and institutional organization of nonfiction film itself. Mobilizing Peircean semiotics and Taylor's concept of the social imaginary, I argue that the documentary imagination of “brotherhood and unity” emerges from a combination of textual and extratextual factors, an interrelation of materiality and discursivity.

SATIRE ANALYSIS IN FOUR LIONS FILM THROUGH SAUSSUREAN SEMIOTICS

This study intends to reveal the satire about Jihad concept misunderstanding which causes negative image for Islam that caused by irresponsible British Moslems. They act without sufficient religious understanding and only out of lust to get rid of the unjust infidels towards minority Moslems. So, with the analysis of the signifier-signified of Saussure's semiotic theory, it’s hoped that satire can be conveyed, understood and aware by the parties who become the targets of satire. This study has a significance for eliminating misunderstandings about Islam which are always associated with terrorism, namely stupid acts that only harm fellow Moslems. This study will use a qualitative method because it related to phenomena in society. In this study, film as the object where the data are collected and supported by literature studies. The results from 20 data contain signifier and signified of radical Moslem’s act who misunderstanding about Jihad then satire that is intended to prove those who deviate are not acting in the name of Islam, terrorism is a stupid act and British government must be more fair to minorities. It’s recommended for further studies to examine Islamophobia in Asia with poster as the object the uses qualitative method and Peircean semiotics.

PERAN HUMOR TOKOH NAGABONAR DALAM SKENARIO FILM NAGABONAR KARYA ASRUL SANI

This article proves the film scenario as a literary work, and discusses the role of humor in Nagabonar characters and jokes about the values of the struggle for independence in Asrul Sani's Nagabonar film scenario. The method used is Charles Sanders Peirce's semiotics and the study of humor in a psychological perspective. The results of the analysis obtained based on structural analysis in the perspective of text communication prove that a film scenario is a textual work that can be studied based on the nature of a literary work. And an analysis of humor created and acting as a response or self-defense mechanism to the Nagabonar character, as well as a reversal of the concept and logic of stereotypes of heroism in Indonesia.