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Publication details
Publisher: Springer
Place: Berlin
Year: 2014
Pages: 85-102
Series: Human–Computer Interaction Series
ISBN (Hardback): 9783319064918
Full citation:
, "Toward a semiotics of digital places", in: Reframing information architecture, Berlin, Springer, 2014
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Toward a semiotics of digital places
pp. 85-102
in: Andrea Resmini (ed), Reframing information architecture, Berlin, Springer, 2014Abstract
Information architecture is an applied art that solves the "problems arising when we need to manage, produce and consume large amount of information" (Resmini, Problemi dell"Informazione, 38:63–76, Resmini 2013). Information architecture reflects upon complex systems of signs, understanding their mutual relationships and finding the best way to organize them. This chapter introduces a number of theoretical tools from semiotics that are relevant for information architecture, in particular for tracing cultural phenomena down to the specific information architectures of specific digital places, and reflects upon the role of information architecture in the creation of a sense of place in digital space. A definition of digital place and of the forces acting upon it is offered, extended to cross-channel ecosystems, and then applied to understand the way we inhabit platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. Key factors in the creation of place information architecture impacts upon are subsequently introduced, and then a few conclusive remarks close the chapter.
Publication details
Publisher: Springer
Place: Berlin
Year: 2014
Pages: 85-102
Series: Human–Computer Interaction Series
ISBN (Hardback): 9783319064918
Full citation:
, "Toward a semiotics of digital places", in: Reframing information architecture, Berlin, Springer, 2014