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1. 1. On Cultural Forms : The sensemaking and expression of cybersemiotics

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Jonathan Madeland; [2022]
   Keywords : cultural forms; transdisciplinarity; pragmaticism; cybersemiotics; case study; consonance management; mixed methods; Ernst Cassirer; C.S. Peirce; Søren Brier;

   Abstract : This study contributes to the understanding of cultural forms, inspired by Cassirer’s notion of a general function manifesting in the many particular expressions of human culture. The special case of cybersemiotics (a newly established scientific discipline) is studied as a social system to make sense of how it operates as a viable cultural form. READ MORE

3. 2. Ephemeral Selves: A semiotic cultural analysis of a Swedish bicycle helmet campaign

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

   Author : Robin Öberg; [2016]
   Keywords : Applied Cultural Analysis; Bicycle Helmets; C.S. Peirce; Cultural Anthropology; Ephemeral Selves; European Ethnology; Evaluation; Governance; MACA; Marketing; Material Culture; Materiality; Mixed-Methods Approach; Performance; Policy; Semiotics; Social Self; Statistics; Traffic Safety Campaign; Qualitative Insight; Cykelhjälmar; Efemära Själv; Europeisk Etnologi; Kvalitativ Insikt; Kulturantropologi; Marknadsföring; Materiell Kultur; Materialitet; Riktlinjer; Semiotik; Socialt Själv; SPSS; Statistik; Styrmedel; Tillämpad Kulturanalys; trafiksäkerhetskampanjer; Uppträdande; Cultural Sciences; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In 2014, Lund municipality in Sweden handed out 830 bicycle helmets for free. Such governance campaigns are commonplace in Sweden, yet no campaign has ever been evaluated. There are two research aims to this thesis. First, to evaluate how many of the 830 cyclists actually wear the bicycle helmets that they received. READ MORE