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Signs and Society
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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.
🆕 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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November 17, 2025 at 12:39 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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November 4, 2025 at 2:35 AM
🎊New Issue Available! 🎊

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
🆕 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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September 16, 2025 at 11:32 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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September 2, 2025 at 11:26 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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August 22, 2025 at 4:06 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
August 3, 2025 at 2:33 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....
July 18, 2025 at 8:28 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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July 1, 2025 at 8:31 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....
June 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Check out the full article using this link!
LINK: doi.org/10.1017/sas....
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
June 5, 2025 at 10:41 AM
🔎 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
May 22, 2025 at 6:22 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
May 12, 2025 at 2:18 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."
May 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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✅ 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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April 28, 2025 at 8:43 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.
April 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM