《社會符號學》是一本同行評議的期刊，發表高質量的論文，研究符號學的資源和實踐，包括詞匯、圖像、行為、設置、聲音、設計等，以及這些與社會組織和日常生活的聯系方式。文章必須聚焦于一個特定的符號學現象，并在其論點和結論中體現出對符號學資源/實踐可能延續偏見、不平衡或使各種權力利益合法化和維持的方式的限制和變化的批判。文章中的符號學分析可以借鑒語言學分析、視覺分析、內容分析、人種志、訪談以及生產研究，并且可以與政治經濟學聯系起來。該雜志特別歡迎分析日常現象和表征的社會政治意義的論文。

Social Semiotics is a peer reviewed journal that publishes high quality papers that deal with the study of semiotic resources and practices including words, images, behaviours, settings, sounds, design, etc., and the way these are connected to the organization of societies and everyday lives. Articles must focus on a specific semiotic phenomenon and embody, in their argument and conclusion, a critique of the limitations on and variations in the ways in which semiotic resources/practices may perpetuate biases, imbalance or legitimize and maintain kinds of power interests. Semiotic analysis in articles might draw on linguistic analysis, visual analysis, content analysis, ethnography, interviews, as well as production studies, and can be tied to political economy. The journal especially welcomes papers that analyse everyday phenomena and the sociopolitical significance of representations.