Vol. 6 (2023): Digital Transformation of Education: Semiotic and Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Volume VI of Digital Age in Semiotics & Communication (2023), edited by Kristian Bankov, brings together eight articles on how digital technologies are reshaping learning, teaching and the subjects of education. Two contributions address entrepreneurship education: one analyses the benefits of gamification through the EntreComp framework of entrepreneurial competences, while the other presents an empirical study of students’ attitudes towards digital tools, showing a continued preference for traditional methods. A postphenomenological essay explores the fusion of students with their technologies, from smartphone-mediated “cyborg” learners to immersive classrooms. From a legal perspective, another article examines the gap between communication, infrastructure and the application of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation where children are concerned. The volume also includes a study of how fashion influencers build their image on Instagram as a new educational and cultural format, and a gendered, transmedial semiotic analysis of the myth of Carmen. It closes with two applied studies: an eye-tracking experiment on interactive cinema in audiovisual literacy, and a reflection on language education and digital citizenship through Juri Lotman’s concept of the semiosphere. The editorial adds a critical reflection on artificial intelligence in higher education.