Adami, E. orcid.org/0000-0003-3651-919X, Djonov, E. and Liu, Z. (2024) Doing citizen sociosemiotics in the Covid-19 pandemic. Discourse and Communication, 18 (5). 663 -692. ISSN 1750-4813
Abstract
In May 2020, in the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, we set up the transmedia space PanMeMic, and involved our social networks, in a snowball fashion, to exchange observations and reflections on the changes in communication and social interactions ensuing from the restrictions imposed. We adopted a citizen approach towards co-constructing knowledge about semiotic practices, by integrating tenets of social semiotics, ethnography and citizen sociolinguistics. The article reports on the activities and discusses the potentials and limitations of the approach through analysis of the posts and discussions that took place in the PanMeMic Facebook group. It shows results quantitatively and then zooms in to offer a qualitative analysis of one discussion thread, with the aim of illustrating the potential and limitations of PanMeMic as a platform for citizen semiotic research and providing indications for future socially engaged and engaging research.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2024. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
Keywords: | Facebook groups; citizen research; citizen sociolinguistics; online discussions; semiotic practices; social media for research; social semiotics |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Languages Cultures & Societies (Leeds) > Translation Studies (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 27 Mar 2024 08:54 |
Last Modified: | 09 Dec 2024 09:41 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/17504813241241958 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:210916 |
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