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Safety Icons and Communicating to the Unconscious

March 31, 2017 by Dr Rob Long 15 Comments

Safety Icons and Communicating to the Unconscious It is not surprising that many organisations who ‘profess’ an interest in people use objects as their icons in safety. With slogans that are about … [Read more...] about Safety Icons and Communicating to the Unconscious

Filed Under: Communication and Consultation, Robert Long, Semiotics Tagged With: icons, semiotics

Semiotics and Unconscious Communication in Safety

February 5, 2017 by Admin 1 Comment

Semiotics and Unconscious Communication in Safety Some really interesting recent articles by Hayden Collins – http://riskintelligent.com.au/. One of his previous posts, How Semiotics Affects The … [Read more...] about Semiotics and Unconscious Communication in Safety

Filed Under: Communication and Consultation, Semiotics, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: semiotics, unconscious communicaton

You know Where You Can Stick Your Safety Slogans

September 23, 2016 by Admin 12 Comments

You know Where You Can Stick Your Safety Slogans Unions and Mining Companies have dug in for a long battle of meaningless aphorisms and condescending platitudes, started for safety reasons.  … [Read more...] about You know Where You Can Stick Your Safety Slogans

Filed Under: Mining Safety, Safety Satire, Semiotics, Zero Harm Tagged With: Safety, semiotics

What are Your Secret Messages in Safety?

August 20, 2016 by Dr Rob Long 5 Comments

What are Your Secret Messages in Safety? We say and sign many things in safety often only thinking about their overt meaning. It’s not that often that people consider the unconscious level of their … [Read more...] about What are Your Secret Messages in Safety?

Filed Under: Communication and Consultation, Robert Long, Safety Signs, Semiotics, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: matrix, safety signs, semiotics

How to use signs, symbols and text effectively in communicating about risk

August 12, 2016 by Dr Rob Long 29 Comments

How to use signs, symbols and text effectively in communicating about risk The power of symbols and signs to communicate to the subconscious was first systematised by Goebells in 1937. The power and … [Read more...] about How to use signs, symbols and text effectively in communicating about risk

Filed Under: Robert Long, Semiotics, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: communication, semiotics, signs, symbols

Safety Semiotics Competition

July 31, 2016 by Admin 14 Comments

Safety Semiotics Competition We have all heard the saying “A Picture Tells a Thousand Words”. There is more significance in this meme than just a person having a bad day or another stupid safety … [Read more...] about Safety Semiotics Competition

Filed Under: Semiotics Tagged With: competition, semiotics

Incommensurability and Discourse in Risk

July 25, 2016 by Dr Rob Long 5 Comments

Incommensurability and Discourse in Risk One of the most important concepts discussed by Feyerbend, Laktos, MacIntyre and Kuhn is that of incommensurability. Incommensurability refers to incongruence … [Read more...] about Incommensurability and Discourse in Risk

Filed Under: Communication and Consultation, Robert Long, Semiotics, Social Psychology of Risk, Wicked Problems Tagged With: discourse, Incommensurability, semiotics

Amping it Up in Safety

January 29, 2016 by Rob Sams 1 Comment

Amping it Up in Safety In a recent blog I asked why are we afraid, and explored fear and how it may impact on our feelings, and decisions about risk. I also shared a story of how after the 911 terror … [Read more...] about Amping it Up in Safety

Filed Under: Rob Sams, Semiotics, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: semiotics, unconscious communicaton

What Can Safety Learn from Barbie

January 29, 2016 by Dr Rob Long 9 Comments

What Can Safety Learn from Barbie We learn today that after many years Barbie is getting a ‘make over’. The iconic doll of the ‘perfect’ female form is about to become ordinary, diverse and not … [Read more...] about What Can Safety Learn from Barbie

Filed Under: Robert Long, Semiotics, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: Barbie, perfectionism, semiotics

Making Sense of Semiotics and Safety

January 16, 2016 by Dr Rob Long 7 Comments

Making Sense of Semiotics and Safety Semiotics is about symbol (sign, significance, signified and signifyer) as language and text as symbol and, the discourse (power-trajectory) of both … [Read more...] about Making Sense of Semiotics and Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long, Semiotics, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: semiotics

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