Section 1: Semiotic Foundations-Information, Meaning and Embodied Cognition -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2 - Theories of Information- The Semantic and Pragmatic Aspects -- Chapter 3: The Nature of Information and its Relationship to Meaning -- Chapter 4: Embodying Information Systems-The Contribution of Phenomenology -- Chapter 5: A Review of Theories of Information Across Disciplines -- Chapter 6: A Theory of Information as Objective and Veridical -- Section 2: Semiotics Philosophy and Research Method -- Chapter 7. Developing an Integrative Semiotics Framework -- Chapter 8: Applying the Integrative Semiotic Framework -- Chapter 9: Towards a Methodology for Semiotic Research -- Chapter 10: Enacting Semiotics Research-A 12-Step Process.