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In this article we investigate how political actors involved in TV debates during the 2009 and 2014 presidential elections in Romania manage the relationship between handedness (left/right polarity in hand gestures) and political orientation (left/right polarity in politics),. For this purpose we developed a multimodal analysis for some relevant sequences during these debates. The practice of integrating the meanings of different semiotic resources allows a better understanding of the meaning of verbal discourse, actions and behavior of political actors involved in a particular communication situation. In addition, the Multimodal Professional Analysis Tool, ELAN, allows the annotation and dynamic analysis of the semiotic behavior of the political actors involved in the analyzed sequences.

In a world of global communication, where everyone's life depends increasingly on signs, language and communication, understanding how we relate to otherness, to differences in all their forms and aspects becomes more and more relevant. Today, we often understand the differences in terms of adversity or opposition and forget the value of the similarities.

<p>This issue of the Romanian Journal of Communication and Public Relations aims to underline the importance of semiotic type queries in communication sciences. The papers included in this issue were initially presented at the first <em>Semiosis in Communication </em>conference, hosted by the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration in June 2016. The first Semiosis in Communication conference was organized in partnership with Roehampton University, London, UK and under the auspices of the International Association for Semiotic Studies.</p>

<p>In this article we understand the Romanian traditional blouse <em>IA </em>as a multi-dimensional semiotic object, with a complex semiotic structure. We will examine the structure and interpretation of semiotic borders and white spaces on <em>IA</em>, from the perspective of Lotman's semiotic theory of culture. The white spaces found on our shirts may carry out messages equally important as those expressed by the sewn signs. Not only they define the rhythm, allowing the patterns to breathe, but sometimes they have their own story to tell. The white spaces also come to define the community you belong to, if your age allows you to wear an ornated shirt. The lack of white spaces on the shirts of other ethnic minorities living alongside us may be a hint of their fears and insecurities: they tend to fill in the entire shirt with protective talismans, to make sure they are safe. In some circumstances, as it happens with the shirts from the shores of Nistru River, the white space is a warning. Yet the most interesting subject is to consider and compare the way that these white spaces are "read" and appreciated in our days, after all women had been influenced by the fashion industry and the communication in printed and social media. We like it or not, this influenced our way to define concepts such as "aesthetic", "elegant", "luxurious" or "refined".</p>