Document (#29446)

Author

Raber, D.
Budd, J.M.

Title

Information as sign : semiotics and information science

Source

Journal of documentation. 59(2003) no.5, S.507-522

Year

2003

Abstract

From the perspective of semiotics, "information" is an ambiguous theoretical concept because the word is used to represent both signifier and signified, both text and content. Using the work of Fernand de Saussure, this paper explores theoretical possibilities that open by virtue of understanding information as sign. Of particular interest is the way semiotics suggests ways to bridge the theoretical gap between information as thing and information as cognitive phenomenon by positing information as a cultural phenomenon.

Footnote

Vgl. auch unter: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/00220410310499564

Theme

Information

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