Semantic devices make it possible to construct relationships of meaning between concepts and content that are at first sight remote, and that aim to provide the user with relevant, fast, and synthetic information. Therefore, the design gains to rely on specific methodologies that require to problematize the amodal aspect of the digital and integrate the theoretical and methodological contribution of the organization of knowledge. The expected contributions will target theoretical and methodological issues, resulting from reflections and field studies.

Do the scriptures for the Web and on the Web fall under an adaptation of the traditional categories of analysis-production or do they require new descriptors in the domain of genres (specific or not), multimodal textualities (associating written, image, sound) as well as the articulation between written culture and visual culture? How does one take into account the relationship between literacy and interculturality in writing practices and the uses of online writing?

The training of students and their professional integration are also affected by digital transformation. It is therefore necessary to question the skills expected by the socio-economic environment (digital literacies, soft skills, etc.) and to think collectively with a view to proposing formal pedagogical activities (contents, courses) and informal (creative internships, project-based workshops, fablab …) designed to train future professionals and researchers in information and communication.

This axis aims to problematize digital cultures through the transformation of media and digital information and communication devices. The contributions will focus on issues related to digital communication practices in several fields: economic, societal, political, cultural. The diversification of the devices also requires research focused on the dynamics of digital socio-cultural practices (solidarity, mobilization, collaborative projects, etc.). What representations of social life and what modes of action are configured by appropriate sociotechnical devices by actors acting in different connectivity environments?

Producing an archive of this type is not limited to a simple operation of saving information, creating a web page and or developing a query interface. It is also a question of ensuring the conservation of the source documents, the adequacy to the informational needs of the user (due to a precise methodology of design based on ontologies of domains, tools of indexing, and annotation data semantics) and the creation of relevant query interfaces and methods. How do ICS research position themselves against these methodological requirements?

On the one hand, ICS research can rely on existing tools from other related disciplines (linguistics, sociology, psychology …). On the other hand, given their epistemological specificities, ICS can also develop new, more appropriate instruments for collecting, observing and visualizing data. These tools can thus help to support ICS researchers in their own interpretative approach, offering them an alternative to the quantitative approach of Big Data. What relationships can be established between data processing and representation (data visualization) and meaningful construction practices? Emphasis will be placed on new collaborative research practices produced by the joint work of professionals and amateurs/readers.

In a reflexive view, the expected contributions will shed light on these questions: what is the assessment of these computational methods in terms of data production, collection of traces, and qualitative and quantitative interpretation of the results? Which methodological approaches from the digital humanities and digital studies are most relevant for the information and communication sciences?