The article discusses the use of semiotics to predict future cultural trends. The development and nature of semiotic analysis is summarised: synchronic analysis looks at communications and culture at a single point in time across many aspects of life; diachronic analysis studies how these change over time.
Futurology through Semiotics
Dr Rachel LawesLawes Consulting
INTRODUCTION.
The scope of this paper.
This paper is titled 'Futurology Through Semiotics' so let me begin by defining those terms and explaining why I would want to write a paper about them. Futurology...