Digital Age in Semiotics & Communication, a journal from the Southeast European Center for Semiotic Studies at the New Bulgarian University and founded by Prof. Kristian Bankov, explores the new forms of knowledge, social and linguistic interaction, and cultural phenomena generated by the advent of the Internet. A topic is chosen for each issue by the editors’ board, but the topics will be always
related to the issues of the digital environment. The topic is announced with a call for papers and will also be available on our page (facebook.com/DigitASCjournal)
The working language of the journal is English. It uses double-blind review, meaning that both the reviewer’s and the author’s identities are concealed from each other throughout the review process. Periodicity
The journal will be published bi-annually by the Southeast European Center for Semiotic Studies and the New Bulgarian University Publishing House. Purpose
The purpose of the journal is to provide a collaborative work field for scholars interested in researching new phenomena in the dynamic digital world. Our main purpose is to build a scientific bridge between the fields of semiotics, communications, social sciences and the problems of the digital era. We believe that our collaborations can raise the level of understanding for modern digital phenomena, providing both a solid theoretical framework and profound applied research. The pilot issue summarizes the whole research program of the Center and the journal in particular. It is open to various problems concerning developments in digital culture and phenomena. We are interested in working with scholars from different research and applied fields, such as semiotics (both applied and theoretical), communication studies, marketing and advertising, linguistics and literary studies, anthropology and ethnography, cognitive science and psychology, and computer science. More specifically, our interest is directed to:
New forms of knowledge;
New media and the immersive e-consumption of experience;
New forms of social relations in the age of social media;
New habits of communication and self-expression/representation;
Online corporate communications;
Digital narratology and e-fiction;
Digital grammatology;
Digital audio-visualisation
Internet linguistics. The magazine is supported and reviewed by our International scientific board:
Direction: Kristian Bankov – Sofia
Paul Cobley - London, Evangelos Kourdis - Thessaloniki, Massimo Leone - Turin, Dario Martinelli - Kaunas, Evripides Zantides - Limassol, Jordan Zlatev – Lund, Simone Arcagni (Palermo), Luis Emilio Bruni (Aalborg), Fernando Andacht (Uruguay), Seema Khanwalkar (India), Jia Peng (China), Jamin Pelkey (Canada)
Editors in chief:
Reni Iankova, PhD
Reni Iankova is a PhD in philosophy from the New Bulgarian University. In 2014 she defended her PhD thesis with the title: “Semiotics and Pragmatism. Habit, norm and ritual in Charles Peirce’s philosophy”. Currently she is an assistant professor and researcher at the Southeast European Center for Semiotic Studies in the New Bulgarian University. Since November 2016 she is working on her current post-doctoral research - “The problem of habit and habit change in Charles S. Peirce’s philosophy”, together with Prof. Ivo Ibri from Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo. Silvana Milenova
Silvana Milenova is a PhD student in New Bulgarian University. She holds a Masters of Brand Management and Bachelor of Public Relations. Based on her education and work experience in brand and communication management and website maintenance, she is interested in finding practical application of Semiotics and semiotic methods in creating websites and their Search Engine Optimization. Mihail Vuzharov
Mihail Vuzharov is a PhD student at the New Bulgarian University. His research is in New Media, concentrating on the effects that content-filtering and targeting algorithms online have on society and on perceived reality. He applies semiotic methods to current topics such as echo chambers and filter bubbles, in order to create a model of meaning-making, which correctly reflects the shift in public attitudes that has been observed alongside the rise of digital communication. Language editor: Miranda Alksnis (Toronto)
Collaborator: Viktorija Lankauskaitė (Kaunas)
For more information and submission of papers:
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