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A social semiotic analysis of website interactivity as discourse

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ID21788335
AuthorsSøren Vigild Poulsen (0000-0003-0304-8109, University of Southern Denmark, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume16
Issue2
Pages249-268
Publication date2022-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDiscourse & Communication (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1750-4813 • E-ISSN: 1750-4821
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/17504813211043609
OpenAlexW4214867329
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited32

The aim of this article is to explore website interactivity as discourse. Whereas the use of writing, images and layout in web design has been explored extensively, interactivity, that is, interactions between a web user and the website system, remains an underdeveloped area of discourse studies. To analyze interactivity as discourse, the article uses data from a research project on offline and online shopping for electronics, viewing the offline-online relationship as recontextualization in the sense that webshop interactivity (together with other design elements) represents and transforms in-store shopping actions. Using a methodology that combines analytical framework for interactive sites and approach to discourse analysis, the article maps cursor resources and interactive webshop features as actions and compares them to the actions that constitute in-store shopping. On this basis, the article offers reflections on how interactivity plays a defining role in the digital resemiotization of social practices

Affordance · Discourse analysis · Human–computer interaction · Interactivity · Linguistics · Multimedia · Semiotics · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Digital Communication and Language · Digital Games and Media · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies

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Unique citing works5
Citations per year2,5
Citation span2024 - 2026 (3)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 5
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