Media Diet
A series exploring the media “input” of a group of people — our commercial semiotician colleagues, from around the world — whose “output” we admire.
Media Diet
"I slip from one state of enchantment into another…"
Media Diet
"Many of us continue with 'normal life,' even as we are confronted by signs of crisis: political instability and new conflicts."
Media Diet
"Unlike the rational mindset we semioticians are often trained to prioritize, music speaks directly to the visceral…"
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We semioticians must "question things more closely, adopt different perspectives, and pursue more unconventional paths."
Media Diet
"Clients rarely list gaming as an area of culture to explore, which seems wild to me."
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"As a movie addict, I’m drawn to 'loaded absences,' where what’s left out often says more than what’s shown."
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"As a semiotician, I consume a lot — high and low, fast and slow."
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"I remember the feeling of ambiguity, the sensation that each path in life can potentially lead to the right place… or the wrong one."
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"Embodied explorations provide sensory intelligence that digital surveillance simply cannot capture."
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"Social media is a great way of working through intellectual problems… by allowing me to ‘offshore’ my own thinking."
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"Since I started studying semiotics, I have been obsessed with trying to find the unmediated…"
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"It's a dive, a luxurious possibility of immersing myself in a new technique, giving time to cohesive texts in a specific field."
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"After a day of decoding meaning and navigating digital input, slipping into a well-crafted novel feels like a quiet indulgence."