Introduction to Cybersemiotics: A Transdisciplinary Perspective

This book explores the origins and evolution of cybersemiotics, integrating semiotics into cybernetics and information theory. It discusses the capacity of arts and practices for knowing, cultural and perceptual shifts, and the relationship between storytelling and cybersemiotics. It also challenges the reader to participate in a broader discussion of the potential, limitations, alternatives, and criticisms of cybersemiotics.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 555 pages
Publication date: 16 April 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This comprehensive book delves into the intricate origins and evolution of cybersemiotics, a field that seamlessly integrates semiotics into the theoretical framework of cybernetics and information theory. It begins by exploring the foundational roots of cybersemiotics in Peircean semiotics, charting the emergence of the Information Age and cybernetics, and proposing that notions such as system, communication, self-reference, information, meaning, form, autopoiesis, and self-control hold equal relevance to semiotics and systems theory.

Subsequent chapters introduce a cybersemiotic perspective, highlighting the capacity of arts and other practices for knowledge acquisition. This exploration fosters pathways for developing Practice as Research and practice-led research, encouraging the reader to perceive this new configuration within the realm of cybersemiotics. Other contributors delve into cultural and perceptual shifts that arise from interacting with hybrid environments like Alexa. The book also explores the intricate relationship between storytelling and cybersemiotics, providing a comprehensive chapter dedicated to this topic. Additionally, another chapter delves into an individual-collectivity dialectics, where the collective (Commind) exerts constraints on the individual (interactants), yet the individual fuels the collective's growth.

In the concluding chapter, the book makes a striking observation: digital technologies have permeated every facet of metropolitan life, transforming homes, workplaces, and leisure spaces into interconnected interfaces. It challenges the reader to engage in a broader discussion about the potential, limitations, alternatives, and criticisms of cybersemiotics, urging them to contribute to this evolving field.

Weight: 872g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030527488
Edition number: 1st ed. 2021