The Medium is the Message is the Content Meaning, Media, Communication and Information in Biosemiosis and Human Symbolic Communication

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ID12778686
AuthorsRobert K Logan (0000-0002-4714-5632, University of Toronto, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume7
Issue3
Pages213-224
Publication date2008-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueExplorations in Media Ecology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1539-7785 • E-ISSN: 2048-0717
PublisherIntellect (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1386/eme.7.3.213_1
OpenAlexW2738888636
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited4

We wish to distinguish between two forms of communication or the transfer of information in the biosphere, namely biosemiosis in living organisms mediated by the chemical interactions of biomolecules and other forms of physical interactions such as signaling, on the one hand, and human communication and interaction in the form of language and culture mediated by symbols, on the other hand.This study will describe and contrast the nature of meaning, media, content, message, communication and information within these two domains.Before proceeding we need to be clear about the definition of the terms we will make use of as well as understanding the distinction we are making between the symbolic communication and interactions of humans, on the one hand, and the biosemiosis of all other living organisms such as prokaryotes, fungi, plants and non-human animals, on the other hand

Content (measure theory · Human communication · Linguistics · Meaning (existential · Media content · Multimedia · Sociology · Symbolic communication · The Symbolic · World Wide Web · Communication · Computer Science · Mathematics · Origins and Evolution of Life · Philosophy · Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies · Psychology · Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life

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