Semiotic Perspective on Sensemaking Software and Consequences for Journalism
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This paper aims to demonstrate how the workings of the argument-mapping software Compendium are compatible with both Peirce‟s notion of semiotics and with the Actor-Network Theory framework developed chiefly by Bruno Latour. With these concepts established, this paper explores the implications of Compendium for McLuhan‟s conception of media. Following that, the implications for sensemaking and argument mapping for journalism are explored, and an avenue for development for media is suggested, using Cohere as a conceptual starting point for a hypothetical system.
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