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Multimodal Semiotics and Collaborative Design

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CHAPTER 9. Conclusions <strong>and</strong> discussions …………………………………..………….…… 237<br />

9.1. Synthesis of the conclusions …………………………………………………………………………………237<br />

The social actors <strong>and</strong> power relations in groups …………………………….………………… 238<br />

The mediational means <strong>and</strong> affordances for co-design ……………….…………………. .. 239<br />

The collaborative practices in <strong>and</strong> with Second Life …………………………………………. 240<br />

<strong>Multimodal</strong> semiotics <strong>and</strong> the design of virtual places ………………………..…………… 242<br />

9.2. Implications for theory, methodology <strong>and</strong> practice ……………………………………………… 244<br />

Analyzing virtual worlds as places ………………………………………….………………………. 246<br />

<strong>Multimodal</strong> place-making <strong>and</strong> the nexus analysis framework …………………………… 248<br />

Social semiotics of design as construction of a sense of virtual place ……..………….. 249<br />

Affordances as meaning <strong>and</strong> action potentials ……………………………………………….… 251<br />

Practical implications for technology <strong>and</strong> platform developers …….……….………….. 253<br />

Implications for designers …………………………………………………………………….………. 255<br />

9.3. Further research directions …..…………………………………………….………………….………….. 256<br />

Overview of contributions to the academic debate …………………………………………… 256<br />

Further directions for research …………………………………………………………….………… 257<br />

References ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 258<br />

Summary in English …………………………………………………………………………………….. 277<br />

Dansk resumé af afh<strong>and</strong>lingen ……………………………………………………………………… 279<br />

Appendices ……………………………………………………………………………………….…………. 281<br />

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