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The Daily Mail 15 Jul 2024
'Puzzles are small-scale versions of this 'quest for understanding,' even though there is nothing new at the end of the hunt when a solution is uncovered,' Dr Marcel Danesi, a professor of semiotics ...
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Why the + Is Everywhere

The Atlantic 03 Feb 2024
The visual experience of the sign calls to mind a crossroads, and the symmetry and right angles are pleasing, suggesting harmony and balance, Marcel Danesi, a semiotician at the University of Toronto, told me.
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Emoji Are Legally Actionable

The Atlantic 30 Dec 2023
A court in Washington, D.C., has been stuck with a tough, maybe impossible question ... But they are also “highly prone to ambiguity,” Marcel Danesi, a professor at the University of Toronto and the author of The Semiotics of Emoji , told me ... 🌝📈💰⚖️🧑‍⚖️. .
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HMPRESENTLY: Imagining a Countdown Clock

Pagosa Daily Post 01 Aug 2023
Let’s kick this article off with mind control — or mind management — one of several thought-provoking concepts in a story by Marcel Danesi in Politico Magazine ... “Autocrats have one thing in common,” notes Professor Danesi.
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'The Da Vinci Code' shows why it's so hard to deprogram Trump's followers: linguist

Raw Story 31 Jul 2023
Marcel Danesi, a professor of semiotics and linguistic anthropology at the University of Toronto, explained to MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Monday that getting Trump supporters to abandon their idol is ...
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This Is Your Brain on Lies and Conspiracy Theories

Politico 30 Jul 2023
The Big Idea This Is Your Brain on Lies and Conspiracy Theories ... POLITICO Illustration/Photos by Getty Images, iStock. By Marcel Danesi ... Link Copied. Marcel Danesi is a professor of semiotics and linguistic anthropology at the University of Toronto ... ... ....
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Popularity of pandemic puzzles a puzzling affair

Canoe 28 Jul 2023
Marcel Danesi, professor of semiotics – the study of signs and symbols – in the department of anthropology in the Faculty of Arts & Science at the University of Toronto ... Marcel Danesi, “puzzles ...
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Musk’s Fascination With the Letter X

The Atlantic 27 Jul 2023
“When I saw Elon Musk use [ X ], I thought, he’s definitely a semiotician, at least in spirit,” Marcel Danesi, an emeritus professor of semiotics and linguistic anthropology at the University of Toronto, told me.
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Salon: Linguistics expert explains how Trump warps MAGA minds

Democratic Underground 18 Jul 2023
Marcel Danesi is Professor Emeritus of linguistic anthropology and semiotics at the University of Toronto ... In this wide-ranging conversation, Danesi details how neuroscience, psychology, and ...
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Research Shows Human Brains Are Hardwired To Believe Lies And Conspiracy Theories

MENA FN 07 Jul 2023
(MENAFN - EIN Presswire) The intent of such speech is to attack those who do not belong to the mainstream, such as racial minorities, or people of different sexual orientations– - Marcel Danesi, ... .
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Our brains are hardwired to believe lies and conspiracy theories, says researcher

Phys Dot Org 29 Jun 2023
In "Politics, Lies and Conspiracy Theories," Marcel Danesi Ph.D., a professor of semiotics and linguistic anthropology at the University of ... Marcel Danesi, Politics, Lies and Conspiracy Theories (2023).
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“The Semiotics of Emoji” published in Persian

Tehran Times 19 Sep 2022
TEHRAN – “The Semiotics of Emoji. The Rise of Visual Language in the Age of the Internet” by Marcel Danesi has been published in Persian ... .
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