《社會符號學(xué)》是一本同行評議的期刊，發(fā)表高質(zhì)量的論文，研究符號學(xué)的資源和實(shí)踐，包括詞匯、圖像、行為、設(shè)置、聲音、設(shè)計(jì)等，以及這些與社會組織和日常生活的聯(lián)系方式。文章必須聚焦于一個(gè)特定的符號學(xué)現(xiàn)象，并在其論點(diǎn)和結(jié)論中體現(xiàn)出對符號學(xué)資源/實(shí)踐可能延續(xù)偏見、不平衡或使各種權(quán)力利益合法化和維持的方式的限制和變化的批判。文章中的符號學(xué)分析可以借鑒語言學(xué)分析、視覺分析、內(nèi)容分析、人種志、訪談以及生產(chǎn)研究，并且可以與政治經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)聯(lián)系起來。該雜志特別歡迎分析日常現(xiàn)象和表征的社會政治意義的論文。

Social Semiotics is a peer reviewed journal that publishes high quality papers that deal with the study of semiotic resources and practices including words, images, behaviours, settings, sounds, design, etc., and the way these are connected to the organization of societies and everyday lives. Articles must focus on a specific semiotic phenomenon and embody, in their argument and conclusion, a critique of the limitations on and variations in the ways in which semiotic resources/practices may perpetuate biases, imbalance or legitimize and maintain kinds of power interests. Semiotic analysis in articles might draw on linguistic analysis, visual analysis, content analysis, ethnography, interviews, as well as production studies, and can be tied to political economy. The journal especially welcomes papers that analyse everyday phenomena and the sociopolitical significance of representations.