기호학 연구의 경향성 분석 - 1995년∼2023년 한국기호학회 학술지 『기호학연구』를 중심으로 = Analysis of Trends in Semiotic Studies: Focusing on the 『Semiotic Studies』 Journal of the Korean Association for Semiotic Studies, from 1995 to 2023

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This article aims to explore the achievements and footprints of Korean semiotics by analyzing the trends in the Journal of 『Semiotic Studies』 over the past 30 years. The subject of the trend analysis is 768 papers published in the Journal of 『Semiotic Studies』 from volume 1 to volume 75 over the 30-year period. The analysis items are set to publication year, researcher, direction, research subject, and detailed research subject. The trend analysis consists of individual item analysis and cross-analysis of each item.
As a result, the number of papers in the Journal of 『Semiotic Studies』 has shown an increasing trend every year since its first publication in 1995 but has been declining since peaking between 2010 and 2014. The research direction was mainly focused on theory (386 papers) and analysis (382 papers), with only 21 practical papers, which is very minimal. The scholars frequently mentioned in the Journal of 『Semiotic Studies』 include Peirce, Saussure, Levi-Strauss, Barthes, Greimas, Eco, and Lotman. In particular, Saussure and Peirce were frequently mentioned, indicating that they are an important epistemological foundation in semiotic research. The main research subjects of the Journal of Semiotic Studies were thoughts, literature, visual media, new media, language, and images.
Cross-analysis results show that theoretical papers were more than twice as numerous as analytical papers during the first ten years after the initial publication, but since 2015, analytical papers have been more frequently published than theoretical papers. The trend in research subjects by year was initially focused on literature in the early days of the Journal of 『Semiotic Studies』 but has expanded to films, broadcasting, games, advertisements, and new media since 2000. Next, the trend in research subjects by research direction shows that analytical papers mainly dealt with literature, visual media, new media, and images, while theoretical papers mainly focused on thoughts, language, and literature. Although the number of practical papers is minimal, they mainly dealt with everyday culture and new media. The trend in research subjects shows that thoughts mainly dealt with scholar theories, literature mainly dealt with novels and folktales, visual media discussed films, video advertisements, and dramas, and new media focused on general new media, games, and SNS as detailed research subjects. Lastly, the number of papers by researchers per year showed that the first and 1.5 generation semiologist had a high number of papers and published in the Journal of 『Semiotic Studies』 for an average of over 20 years. Since 2010, the second-generation semiologist have been actively participating in the society, and the number of their papers has been increasing.
Through the above discussion, this article was able to confirm the major research achievements of the Journal of 『Semiotic Studies』. Through the meta-analysis of the Journal of 『Semiotic Studies』, which is the result of 30 years of research achievements by the Korean Semiotics Society, this article was able to explore the past and present of semiotics in Korea. It is hoped that the results of this study will contribute to the future of the Korean Association for Semiotic Studies.