Semiotics of social networking
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The semiotics of social networking discusses the images, symbols and signs used in systems that allow users to communicate and share experiences with each other. Examples of social networking systems include Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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Social networking
Social networking is the communication among people within a virtual social space.
This example of the triangle of Human, Machine, Tag is shown when looking at tagging photographs on Facebook (Chart 3).[9] The Human takes the photo on a camera and puts the digital file (information) on the Machine, the Machine is then navigated to Facebook where the file is downloaded. The Human has the Machine Tag the photo with information (e. g., names, places, data) for other Humans to see. This process then can be continued (see Chart 2). “Collaborative tagging has been quickly gaining ground because of its ability to recruit the activity of web users into effectively organizing and sharing large amounts of information”.[10]
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- ^ Social Tagging, Online Communication, and Peircean Semiotics. 2008. Internet on-line. Available from the website http://www.slideshare.net/andreasinica/social-tagging-online-communication-and-peircean-semiotics-presentation
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- ^ Cattuto, Ciro, Vittorio Loreto, and Luciano Pietronero. 2007. Semiotic Dynamics and Collaborative Tagging. (Applied Physical Sciences) (author abstract)(report). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 104, no. 5: 1461(4).