The Semiotics Of Information Systems
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Author |
: John Mingers |
Publisher |
: Springer Nature |
Total Pages |
: 295 |
Release |
: 2023-09-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783031342998 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3031342992 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Semiotics of Information Systems by : John Mingers
The central concepts of information meaning, embodied cognition and semiotics are hugely relevant to contemporary organisations and personal and social lives. However, these concepts are not well understood and are frequently under-represented, misrepresented, and their importance seriously underplayed in the study of management. This is particularly noticeable in the study of the information systems and digital technologies that underpin so much of business operations, personal and social life, organisation, communication and management today. This book seeks to fill the obvious gap. It provides detailed understanding of fundamental concepts and develops a useable, integrative semiotics framework. The framework is grounded in rich social theory and philosophy, and, as the book demonstrates, provides a valuable exploratory and explanatory framework for researchers. This takes shape as a 12-step research process, that has the general features of most research methodologies but also provides distinctive rich resources for in-depth research into semiotically related phenomena. It will be of great interest to academics undertaking research in digital technologies and business model innovation, as well as scholars of research methodology, organisation studies, HRM, marketing and information systems.
Author |
: Kecheng Liu |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 232 |
Release |
: 2000-05-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781139425537 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1139425536 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Synopsis Semiotics in Information Systems Engineering by : Kecheng Liu
Semiotics, the science of signs, has long been recognised as an important discipline for understanding information and communications. Moreover it has found wide application in other areas of computer science, as it offers an effective insight into organisations and the computer systems that support them. An organisation may be viewed as a system of information and communication in which human actors, with the assistance of information technology, are able to process, represent, store and consume information. Computer systems that fit into an organisation and that support and enhance its performance and competitiveness, can be better delivered if semiotic principles are understood and applied. In this book, first published in 2000, semiotic methods are introduced and illustrated through three major case studies, which demonstrate how information systems can be developed to meet business requirements and support business objectives. It will appeal to academics, systems developers and analysts.
Author |
: Gudwin, Ricardo |
Publisher |
: IGI Global |
Total Pages |
: 368 |
Release |
: 2006-10-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781599040653 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1599040654 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (53 Downloads) |
Synopsis Semiotics and Intelligent Systems Development by : Gudwin, Ricardo
"This book assembles semiotics and artificial intelligence techniques in order to design new kinds of intelligence systems; it changes the research field of artificial intelligence by incorporating the study of meaning processes (semiosis), from the perspective of formal sciences, linguistics, and philosophy"--Provided by publisher.
Author |
: Clarisse Sieckenius De Souza |
Publisher |
: MIT Press |
Total Pages |
: 318 |
Release |
: 2005 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0262042207 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780262042208 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Semiotic Engineering of Human-computer Interaction by : Clarisse Sieckenius De Souza
A theory of HCI that uses concepts from semiotics and computer science to focus on the communication between designers and users during interaction. In The Semiotic Engineering of Human-Computer Interaction, Clarisse Sieckenius de Souza proposes an account of HCI that draws on concepts from semiotics and computer science to investigate the relationship between user and designer. Semiotics is the study of signs, and the essence of semiotic engineering is the communication between designers and users at interaction time; designers must somehow be present in the interface to tell users how to use the signs that make up a system or program. This approach, which builds on--but goes further than--the currently dominant user-centered approach, allows designers to communicate their overall vision and therefore helps users understand designs--rather than simply which icon to click. According to de Souza's account, both designers and users are interlocutors in an overall communication process that takes place through an interface of words, graphics, and behavior. Designers must tell users what they mean by the artifact they have created, and users must understand and respond to what they are being told. By coupling semiotic theory and engineering, de Souza's approach to HCI design encompasses the principles, the materials, the processes, and the possibilities for producing meaningful interactive computer system discourse and achieves a broader perspective than cognitive, ethnographic, or ergonomic approaches. De Souza begins with a theoretical overview and detailed exposition of the semiotic engineering account of HCI. She then shows how this approach can be applied specifically to HCI evaluation and design of online help systems, customization and end-user programming, and multiuser applications. Finally, she reflects on the potential and opportunities for research in semiotic engineering.
Author |
: Peter Bøgh Andersen |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 428 |
Release |
: 1997-04-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0521448689 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521448680 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (89 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Theory of Computer Semiotics by : Peter Bøgh Andersen
Semiotics is the science of signs: graphical, such as pictures; verbal (writing or sounds); or others such as body gestures and clothes. Computer semiotics studies the special nature of computer-based signs and how they function in use. This 1991 book is based on ten years of empirical research on computer usage in work situations and contains material from a course taught by the author. It introduces basic traditional semiotic concepts and adapts them so that they become useful for analysing and designing computer systems in their symbolic context of work. It presents a novel approach to the subject, rich in examples, in that it is both theoretically systematic and practical. The author refers to and reinterprets techniques already used so that readers can deepen their understanding. In addition, it offers new techniques and a consistent perspective on computer systems that is particularly appropriate for new hardware and software (e.g. hypermedia) whose main functions are presentation and communication. This is a highly important work whose influence will be wide and longlasting.
Author |
: Kecheng Liu |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 289 |
Release |
: 2014-11-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781135915377 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1135915377 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (77 Downloads) |
Synopsis Organisational Semiotics for Business Informatics by : Kecheng Liu
Drawing meaningful conclusions from organisational data is challenging, and theoretical frameworks can often illuminate information in fresh and useful ways. This book is one of the first to demonstrate how organisational semiotics can be applied to business informatics and information systems. Semiotics, a long-established discipline of signs, offers a rich philosophical and theoretical foundation for understanding information systems. This book demonstrates how applying the framework of semiotics to an organisation can provide insights into its communication needs, and as a result, enhance the design of its information system. The authors demonstrate how organisations collect, process, represent, store and consume information through a complex system which is aligned to support its objectives and enhance performance. Organisational Semiotics for Business Informatics clearly introduces the basic principles and describes a set of methods and techniques rooted in organisational semiotics. These have been applied to business applications; demonstrated through real life case studies. This ground-breaking book has the potential to transform the theoretical understanding of information systems into the basis of a scientific discipline.
Author |
: Kecheng Liu |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 330 |
Release |
: 2013-03-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780387356112 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0387356118 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
Synopsis Organizational Semiotics by : Kecheng Liu
Organizational Semiotics: Evolving a Science of Information Systems covers such issues as: -Fundamental concepts such as 'information', 'data', 'message', 'communication', 'knowledge', 'organization', 'system' and so on; -Properties of signs vital to organizational functioning, such as their meanings, the intentions they express and the valuable social consequences they produce; -'Architecture' of organizations when they are viewed as information systems, based on their semiotics features; -Understanding language in organizational contexts, for example, the limitations on the language used to conduct business affairs; -The empirical study of communications for requirements elicitation; -Applying semiotic categories (e.g. physical, empiric, syntactic, semantic, pragmatic, social) to various problems; -Organizational knowledge representation; -Business process re-engineering methods and the design of e-commerce systems.
Author |
: Kecheng Liu |
Publisher |
: Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages |
: 357 |
Release |
: 2012-12-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781461516552 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1461516552 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (52 Downloads) |
Synopsis Information, Organisation and Technology by : Kecheng Liu
Organisational semiotics is a discipline that is concerned with the interrelationships between individuals and groups, and between humans and technology, functioning in organisations and society. Organisational semiotics opens up the prospect of theory-building and the development of new methods and techniques to gain insights into organised behaviour and enacted social practices, in the presence and absence of various technologies. It shares common interests with many other approaches to information and organisations, such as computer science, computational semiotics, organisational engineering, and language action perspective. The common vision shared by these approaches is to treat organisations and related information systems and technologies within a unified semiotic framework, with particular reference to the huge range of issues that elude many traditional disciplines. The analysis and design of information systems develops methods for solving the practical problems but offers no rigorous, theoretical foundation for them or how information functions within and between organisations. The semiotic perspective accommodates the individual and the social, the human and the technical, intra- and inter-organisational interactions, at a level of detail that is required in the study, modelling, design, and engineering of new and alternative organisational and technical systems. This perspective is outlined in the chapter presentations of Information, Organisation and Technology.
Author |
: Søren Brier |
Publisher |
: University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages |
: 505 |
Release |
: 2008-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780802092205 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0802092209 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Synopsis Cybersemiotics by : Søren Brier
Cybersemiotics not only builds a bridge between science and culture, it provides a framework that encompasses them both.
Author |
: Kecheng Liu |
Publisher |
: Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages |
: 259 |
Release |
: 2012-12-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781461508038 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1461508037 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Synopsis Coordination and Communication Using Signs by : Kecheng Liu
Coordination And Communication Using Signs: Studies in Organisational Semiotics is a cutting-edge volume that bridges the gap between the technical and social aspects of information systems and information technology. The chapters in the book are divided into two major sections. The first section deals with Communication and Pragmatics, and Organisational Systems and the following topics are examined: the semiotic framework and natural language; coordination and communication using natural language and other artifacts in a real-life setting; substantive-level issues of information systems and business processes from several theoretical perspectives; language as action; communication quality in the context of systems and business processes; organisational action and Greimas' semiotics. Section Two concentrates on organisational systems, which may or may not include a computer system as a component and examines the following topics: semiotic strategies and semiotic models of organisational structures; the impact of information technology with instructive case studies; the impact of information technology with a particular focus on sense-making in the work floor context; the design of computer information systems; improving the design quality of agent-based information systems; the design of information systems, in terms of capacity, and data scheme. All the chapters in the volume have been submitted to a review process of discussants and peer reviews.