TOWARDS SEMIOTICS OF VIRTUAL GAMES
Journal Title: The Journal of International Social Research - Year 2016, Vol 9, Issue 42
Abstract
Semiotics, derived from structuralist linguistics, especially applied many application areas –from art to spor, from medicine to journalism. Inthiscontext, it is seen thats emiotics is confronted many fields from social sciences to physcial sciences as a alternative research method. This work’s aim is manifestation a theorical frame and method pursuat to semiotic forvirtual games which so far not seen in this context. Virtual games could dealt with as an indicatorin terms of specifical structuralist theory which put forward by Tzvetan Todorovs pecific to literary criticsm; therefore it could a theorical and methodological backround in thedirection of a definite paradigm.
Authors and Affiliations
Bilgin GÜNGÖR
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