Social Signification And Social Representations

Authors

  • Guiseppe Veltri University of East Anglia, UK

Keywords:

semiosis, social signification, communication, social psychology

Abstract

This commentary briefly explores the importance of discussing the concept of social

signification with a semiotic approach and discusses the interesting contribution of Valsiner

contained in this special issue. In particular, the issues of personal semiosis, hierarchical

structures among signs and the time-dependent nature of signification are very promising.

Future directions of theoretical interest are also sketched.

Author Biography

  • Guiseppe Veltri, University of East Anglia, UK

    GIUSEPPE VELTRI holds a BA in Psychology of Communication from the University of Siena,

    an MSc in Social Research Methods from the Methodology Institute of the London School of

    Economics (LSE) and a PhD in Social Psychology from the LSE. He has been a scientific fellow

    at the European Commission JRC Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS). Before

    joining the IPTS, he has been a research associate at the Institut Jean Nicod (Ecole Normale

    Supérieure) in Paris. His research interests focus on public opinion research and new media,

    social representations, behavioral economics and social psychology of economic life, social

    networks and public understanding of science.

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Published

2013-12-28

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 2 (2013): Special Issue: Semiotics and Social Representation

Section

Special issue