Monissä
Monissä is a term used in semiotics and digital culture studies to describe a class of communicative signs that embed multiple layers of meaning within a single unit across modalities. It emphasizes polysemy, multimodality, and context-sensitive interpretation, particularly in online and multimodal environments.
The term was introduced in scholarly discussions in the early 2010s as a working concept. Its etymology
Core features include polysemy (semantic, affective, and indexical meanings), cross-modal encoding (text, image, gesture, sound), and
Examples commonly cited are memes that fuse image and caption to convey political stance or humor, reaction
In academic usage, monissä provides a shorthand for analyzing how signs travel across media ecosystems and