Signs and Society
@signsandsociety.bsky.social
An open access, multidisciplinary journal in the humanities and social sciences focusing on the role of sign processes (or semiosis) in social interaction, cognition, and cultural formations.
By examining paleofantasies circulating in everyday U.S. media over roughly 20 years, Dr. Kramer shows that these paleofantasies were not only male-dominated but also intrinsically masculinized, fueled by anxieties about modernity.
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December 7, 2025 at 2:19 AM
By examining paleofantasies circulating in everyday U.S. media over roughly 20 years, Dr. Kramer shows that these paleofantasies were not only male-dominated but also intrinsically masculinized, fueled by anxieties about modernity.
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🆕New Article!🆕
Remember the trend of the Paleo diet and barefoot running? Have you ever wondered whether there was more to it than recipes and running rituals?
If so, SAS suggests reading our latest article by Dr. Elise Kramer, “The Caveman in the Mirror”!
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Remember the trend of the Paleo diet and barefoot running? Have you ever wondered whether there was more to it than recipes and running rituals?
If so, SAS suggests reading our latest article by Dr. Elise Kramer, “The Caveman in the Mirror”!
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December 7, 2025 at 2:19 AM
🆕New Article!🆕
Remember the trend of the Paleo diet and barefoot running? Have you ever wondered whether there was more to it than recipes and running rituals?
If so, SAS suggests reading our latest article by Dr. Elise Kramer, “The Caveman in the Mirror”!
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Remember the trend of the Paleo diet and barefoot running? Have you ever wondered whether there was more to it than recipes and running rituals?
If so, SAS suggests reading our latest article by Dr. Elise Kramer, “The Caveman in the Mirror”!
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🔍Through the concept of hygge, Dr. Journey reveals how sensory experiences of light shape not only the politics of energy transition but also the contours of Denmark’s racial imagination.
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November 27, 2025 at 12:34 AM
🔍Through the concept of hygge, Dr. Journey reveals how sensory experiences of light shape not only the politics of energy transition but also the contours of Denmark’s racial imagination.
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🆕 New Article Alert!
✨ Have you heard of the Danish concept of hygge, often translated as “coziness”? ✨
Check out Dr. Rebecca Journey’s (@beccajourney.bsky.social) new article, “A Semiotics of Coziness and Disappearing Night”!
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✨ Have you heard of the Danish concept of hygge, often translated as “coziness”? ✨
Check out Dr. Rebecca Journey’s (@beccajourney.bsky.social) new article, “A Semiotics of Coziness and Disappearing Night”!
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November 27, 2025 at 12:34 AM
🆕 New Article Alert!
✨ Have you heard of the Danish concept of hygge, often translated as “coziness”? ✨
Check out Dr. Rebecca Journey’s (@beccajourney.bsky.social) new article, “A Semiotics of Coziness and Disappearing Night”!
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✨ Have you heard of the Danish concept of hygge, often translated as “coziness”? ✨
Check out Dr. Rebecca Journey’s (@beccajourney.bsky.social) new article, “A Semiotics of Coziness and Disappearing Night”!
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🆕 New Article!
Check out Dr. Catherine Tebaldi’s (@cat-tebaldi.bsky.social) new article on "tradwives," who are social media influencers who promote an idealized, "feminine" womanhood by staging nostalgic chronotopes of tradition, from 1850s homesteads to 1950s suburban homes.
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Check out Dr. Catherine Tebaldi’s (@cat-tebaldi.bsky.social) new article on "tradwives," who are social media influencers who promote an idealized, "feminine" womanhood by staging nostalgic chronotopes of tradition, from 1850s homesteads to 1950s suburban homes.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:39 AM
🆕 New Article!
Check out Dr. Catherine Tebaldi’s (@cat-tebaldi.bsky.social) new article on "tradwives," who are social media influencers who promote an idealized, "feminine" womanhood by staging nostalgic chronotopes of tradition, from 1850s homesteads to 1950s suburban homes.
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Check out Dr. Catherine Tebaldi’s (@cat-tebaldi.bsky.social) new article on "tradwives," who are social media influencers who promote an idealized, "feminine" womanhood by staging nostalgic chronotopes of tradition, from 1850s homesteads to 1950s suburban homes.
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🆕New Article
Check out Dr. KD Thompson's @katrinadalythompson.com new article examining ✨nearly a century of Swahili-language Islamic marital booklets✨
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Check out Dr. KD Thompson's @katrinadalythompson.com new article examining ✨nearly a century of Swahili-language Islamic marital booklets✨
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November 4, 2025 at 2:35 AM
🆕New Article
Check out Dr. KD Thompson's @katrinadalythompson.com new article examining ✨nearly a century of Swahili-language Islamic marital booklets✨
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Check out Dr. KD Thompson's @katrinadalythompson.com new article examining ✨nearly a century of Swahili-language Islamic marital booklets✨
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🎊New Issue Available! 🎊
Signs and Society 13:3 is now live!
📘 The Translation Machine: Infrastructures of Valorization under Semiocapitalism
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Signs and Society 13:3 is now live!
📘 The Translation Machine: Infrastructures of Valorization under Semiocapitalism
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October 15, 2025 at 2:37 AM
🎊New Issue Available! 🎊
Signs and Society 13:3 is now live!
📘 The Translation Machine: Infrastructures of Valorization under Semiocapitalism
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Signs and Society 13:3 is now live!
📘 The Translation Machine: Infrastructures of Valorization under Semiocapitalism
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🆕 JUST PUBLISHED!
Check an introductory article for the upcoming (soon!) special issue “The Translation Machine: Infrastructures of Valorization under Semiocapitalism" written by Dr. Aurora Donzelli.
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Check an introductory article for the upcoming (soon!) special issue “The Translation Machine: Infrastructures of Valorization under Semiocapitalism" written by Dr. Aurora Donzelli.
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September 16, 2025 at 11:32 PM
🆕 JUST PUBLISHED!
Check an introductory article for the upcoming (soon!) special issue “The Translation Machine: Infrastructures of Valorization under Semiocapitalism" written by Dr. Aurora Donzelli.
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Check an introductory article for the upcoming (soon!) special issue “The Translation Machine: Infrastructures of Valorization under Semiocapitalism" written by Dr. Aurora Donzelli.
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🚨 New Article Alert! 🚨
Check out Dr. Matthew Hull’s latest article on the semiotics of corporate personhood—how signs construct corporations as “legal persons.” 💼
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Check out Dr. Matthew Hull’s latest article on the semiotics of corporate personhood—how signs construct corporations as “legal persons.” 💼
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September 2, 2025 at 11:26 PM
🚨 New Article Alert! 🚨
Check out Dr. Matthew Hull’s latest article on the semiotics of corporate personhood—how signs construct corporations as “legal persons.” 💼
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Check out Dr. Matthew Hull’s latest article on the semiotics of corporate personhood—how signs construct corporations as “legal persons.” 💼
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🚨New FirstView Article Alert!🚨
Check out SAS's latest article by Drs. Alfonso Del Percio and Cécile Vigouroux, examining how translation practices render unhoused individuals into quantifiable data 📊
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Check out SAS's latest article by Drs. Alfonso Del Percio and Cécile Vigouroux, examining how translation practices render unhoused individuals into quantifiable data 📊
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August 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
🚨New FirstView Article Alert!🚨
Check out SAS's latest article by Drs. Alfonso Del Percio and Cécile Vigouroux, examining how translation practices render unhoused individuals into quantifiable data 📊
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Check out SAS's latest article by Drs. Alfonso Del Percio and Cécile Vigouroux, examining how translation practices render unhoused individuals into quantifiable data 📊
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🎉New Issue Available!🎉
Signs and Society 13:2 is now LIVE! 🙌
Dive into a wide-ranging collection of new articles, spanning topics from Fanfa bands to Artificial Intelligence!
LINK: bit.ly/41jDFD0
Signs and Society 13:2 is now LIVE! 🙌
Dive into a wide-ranging collection of new articles, spanning topics from Fanfa bands to Artificial Intelligence!
LINK: bit.ly/41jDFD0
August 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
🎉New Issue Available!🎉
Signs and Society 13:2 is now LIVE! 🙌
Dive into a wide-ranging collection of new articles, spanning topics from Fanfa bands to Artificial Intelligence!
LINK: bit.ly/41jDFD0
Signs and Society 13:2 is now LIVE! 🙌
Dive into a wide-ranging collection of new articles, spanning topics from Fanfa bands to Artificial Intelligence!
LINK: bit.ly/41jDFD0
🚨New Article Alert!🚨
Add Dr. Sabina Perrino’s @sabyperri.bsky.social latest article on translating “Made-in-Italy” to your 🌞summer reading list🌞!
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LINK: doi.org/10.1017/sas....
Add Dr. Sabina Perrino’s @sabyperri.bsky.social latest article on translating “Made-in-Italy” to your 🌞summer reading list🌞!
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LINK: doi.org/10.1017/sas....
July 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
🚨New Article Alert!🚨
Add Dr. Sabina Perrino’s @sabyperri.bsky.social latest article on translating “Made-in-Italy” to your 🌞summer reading list🌞!
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LINK: doi.org/10.1017/sas....
Add Dr. Sabina Perrino’s @sabyperri.bsky.social latest article on translating “Made-in-Italy” to your 🌞summer reading list🌞!
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LINK: doi.org/10.1017/sas....
🚨New Article Alert!🚨
"I can understand how frustrating the situation is."
We've all heard phrases like this from call centers--but what makes them work? 📞
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"I can understand how frustrating the situation is."
We've all heard phrases like this from call centers--but what makes them work? 📞
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July 1, 2025 at 8:31 PM
🚨New Article Alert!🚨
"I can understand how frustrating the situation is."
We've all heard phrases like this from call centers--but what makes them work? 📞
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"I can understand how frustrating the situation is."
We've all heard phrases like this from call centers--but what makes them work? 📞
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🔎 Zooming into our most recent issue!
Read Dr. Anna Weichselbraun's @annaw.bsky.social article on "nuclear nonproliferation," where she explains what happens to nuclear verification when efforts to make nuclear materials more transparent fail.
LINK: doi.org/10.1017/sas....
Read Dr. Anna Weichselbraun's @annaw.bsky.social article on "nuclear nonproliferation," where she explains what happens to nuclear verification when efforts to make nuclear materials more transparent fail.
LINK: doi.org/10.1017/sas....
June 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
🔎 Zooming into our most recent issue!
Read Dr. Anna Weichselbraun's @annaw.bsky.social article on "nuclear nonproliferation," where she explains what happens to nuclear verification when efforts to make nuclear materials more transparent fail.
LINK: doi.org/10.1017/sas....
Read Dr. Anna Weichselbraun's @annaw.bsky.social article on "nuclear nonproliferation," where she explains what happens to nuclear verification when efforts to make nuclear materials more transparent fail.
LINK: doi.org/10.1017/sas....
Check out the full article using this link!
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June 5, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Check out the full article using this link!
LINK: doi.org/10.1017/sas....
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🔎 Zooming into our most recent issue!
In our latest issue on "semiotic indeterminacy," Drs. Wolfgram and Larson explore the internship🧑💼, where they closely examine two life history narratives of interns to analyze the "semiotic ambiguity" of participant roles arising in the internship economy. 🧵1/2
In our latest issue on "semiotic indeterminacy," Drs. Wolfgram and Larson explore the internship🧑💼, where they closely examine two life history narratives of interns to analyze the "semiotic ambiguity" of participant roles arising in the internship economy. 🧵1/2
June 5, 2025 at 10:41 AM
🔎 Zooming into our most recent issue!
In our latest issue on "semiotic indeterminacy," Drs. Wolfgram and Larson explore the internship🧑💼, where they closely examine two life history narratives of interns to analyze the "semiotic ambiguity" of participant roles arising in the internship economy. 🧵1/2
In our latest issue on "semiotic indeterminacy," Drs. Wolfgram and Larson explore the internship🧑💼, where they closely examine two life history narratives of interns to analyze the "semiotic ambiguity" of participant roles arising in the internship economy. 🧵1/2
🔎 Zooming into our most recent issue!
In our 🎈latest issue🎈 on "semiotic indeterminacy," Dr. Bonnie Urciuoli introduces a concept of “strategically deployable shifters” (SDS). 🧵1/3
In our 🎈latest issue🎈 on "semiotic indeterminacy," Dr. Bonnie Urciuoli introduces a concept of “strategically deployable shifters” (SDS). 🧵1/3
May 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
🔎 Zooming into our most recent issue!
In our 🎈latest issue🎈 on "semiotic indeterminacy," Dr. Bonnie Urciuoli introduces a concept of “strategically deployable shifters” (SDS). 🧵1/3
In our 🎈latest issue🎈 on "semiotic indeterminacy," Dr. Bonnie Urciuoli introduces a concept of “strategically deployable shifters” (SDS). 🧵1/3
🔎 Zooming into our most recent issue!
Check out the article in our 🎈latest issue 🎈 on "semiotic indeeterminacy" by Dr. Ilana Gershon (structureless.bsky.social)! 🧵1/3
Check out the article in our 🎈latest issue 🎈 on "semiotic indeeterminacy" by Dr. Ilana Gershon (structureless.bsky.social)! 🧵1/3
May 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
🔎 Zooming into our most recent issue!
Check out the article in our 🎈latest issue 🎈 on "semiotic indeeterminacy" by Dr. Ilana Gershon (structureless.bsky.social)! 🧵1/3
Check out the article in our 🎈latest issue 🎈 on "semiotic indeeterminacy" by Dr. Ilana Gershon (structureless.bsky.social)! 🧵1/3
🎉New Issue Available!
Signs and Society 13:1 is now live!
This special issue, guest edited by Dr. Ilana Gershon (@structureless.bsky.social), explores the theme of "political uses of semiotic indeterminacy."
Signs and Society 13:1 is now live!
This special issue, guest edited by Dr. Ilana Gershon (@structureless.bsky.social), explores the theme of "political uses of semiotic indeterminacy."
May 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
🎉New Issue Available!
Signs and Society 13:1 is now live!
This special issue, guest edited by Dr. Ilana Gershon (@structureless.bsky.social), explores the theme of "political uses of semiotic indeterminacy."
Signs and Society 13:1 is now live!
This special issue, guest edited by Dr. Ilana Gershon (@structureless.bsky.social), explores the theme of "political uses of semiotic indeterminacy."
✅ We adopt a "big picture" approach to semiosis, emphasizing its multidimensional nature—both real-time interactions and historical modalities, from interpersonal messages to the global flow of forms.
✅ Read more on our "Mission Statement"
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✅ Read more on our "Mission Statement"
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April 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
✅ We adopt a "big picture" approach to semiosis, emphasizing its multidimensional nature—both real-time interactions and historical modalities, from interpersonal messages to the global flow of forms.
✅ Read more on our "Mission Statement"
bit.ly/40pAeuB
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✅ Read more on our "Mission Statement"
bit.ly/40pAeuB
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🎉 Signs and Society is now on Bluesky! 🎉
Signs and Society is an open-access, multidisciplinary journal exploring how sign processes (semiosis) shape social interaction, cognition, and culture.
Signs and Society is an open-access, multidisciplinary journal exploring how sign processes (semiosis) shape social interaction, cognition, and culture.
April 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
🎉 Signs and Society is now on Bluesky! 🎉
Signs and Society is an open-access, multidisciplinary journal exploring how sign processes (semiosis) shape social interaction, cognition, and culture.
Signs and Society is an open-access, multidisciplinary journal exploring how sign processes (semiosis) shape social interaction, cognition, and culture.