Search (160 results, page 1 of 8)

0.045858804 = product of:
  0.09171761 = sum of:
    0.08219909 = weight(_text_:digitale in 3115) [ClassicSimilarity], result of:
      0.08219909 = score(doc=3115,freq=2.0), product of:
        0.18027179 = queryWeight, product of:
          5.158747 = idf(docFreq=690, maxDocs=44218)
          0.034944877 = queryNorm
        0.45597312 = fieldWeight in 3115, product of:
          1.4142135 = tf(freq=2.0), with freq of:
            2.0 = termFreq=2.0
          5.158747 = idf(docFreq=690, maxDocs=44218)
          0.0625 = fieldNorm(doc=3115)
    0.009518516 = weight(_text_:information in 3115) [ClassicSimilarity], result of:
      0.009518516 = score(doc=3115,freq=2.0), product of:
        0.06134496 = queryWeight, product of:
          1.7554779 = idf(docFreq=20772, maxDocs=44218)
          0.034944877 = queryNorm
        0.1551638 = fieldWeight in 3115, product of:
          1.4142135 = tf(freq=2.0), with freq of:
            2.0 = termFreq=2.0
          1.7554779 = idf(docFreq=20772, maxDocs=44218)
          0.0625 = fieldNorm(doc=3115)
  0.5 = coord(2/4)

Abstract

Geistiges Erkennen ist ohne die Träger des Geistes - z.B. Schriftrollen, Bücher oder digitale Daten - nicht möglich. Die Bibliotheken, in denen sie gesammelt, aufbewahrt und studiert werden, werden somit zu Institutionen des Geistes. Es gilt, all ihre Schätze, ob analog oder digital, zu heben.

Theme

Information

0.03438278 = product of:
  0.06876556 = sum of:
    0.058123536 = weight(_text_:digitale in 3561) [ClassicSimilarity], result of:
      0.058123536 = score(doc=3561,freq=4.0), product of:
        0.18027179 = queryWeight, product of:
          5.158747 = idf(docFreq=690, maxDocs=44218)
          0.034944877 = queryNorm
        0.3224217 = fieldWeight in 3561, product of:
          2.0 = tf(freq=4.0), with freq of:
            4.0 = termFreq=4.0
          5.158747 = idf(docFreq=690, maxDocs=44218)
          0.03125 = fieldNorm(doc=3561)
    0.010642025 = weight(_text_:information in 3561) [ClassicSimilarity], result of:
      0.010642025 = score(doc=3561,freq=10.0), product of:
        0.06134496 = queryWeight, product of:
          1.7554779 = idf(docFreq=20772, maxDocs=44218)
          0.034944877 = queryNorm
        0.1734784 = fieldWeight in 3561, product of:
          3.1622777 = tf(freq=10.0), with freq of:
            10.0 = termFreq=10.0
          1.7554779 = idf(docFreq=20772, maxDocs=44218)
          0.03125 = fieldNorm(doc=3561)
  0.5 = coord(2/4)

LCSH

Information technology ; Social aspects
Information society

RSWK

Digitale Revolution / Informationsgesellschaft / Internet / Kritik

Subject

Digitale Revolution / Informationsgesellschaft / Internet / Kritik
Information technology ; Social aspects
Information society

Theme

Information

0.02866175 = product of:
  0.0573235 = sum of:
    0.051374428 = weight(_text_:digitale in 5306) [ClassicSimilarity], result of:
      0.051374428 = score(doc=5306,freq=2.0), product of:
        0.18027179 = queryWeight, product of:
          5.158747 = idf(docFreq=690, maxDocs=44218)
          0.034944877 = queryNorm
        0.2849832 = fieldWeight in 5306, product of:
          1.4142135 = tf(freq=2.0), with freq of:
            2.0 = termFreq=2.0
          5.158747 = idf(docFreq=690, maxDocs=44218)
          0.0390625 = fieldNorm(doc=5306)
    0.0059490725 = weight(_text_:information in 5306) [ClassicSimilarity], result of:
      0.0059490725 = score(doc=5306,freq=2.0), product of:
        0.06134496 = queryWeight, product of:
          1.7554779 = idf(docFreq=20772, maxDocs=44218)
          0.034944877 = queryNorm
        0.09697737 = fieldWeight in 5306, product of:
          1.4142135 = tf(freq=2.0), with freq of:
            2.0 = termFreq=2.0
          1.7554779 = idf(docFreq=20772, maxDocs=44218)
          0.0390625 = fieldNorm(doc=5306)
  0.5 = coord(2/4)

Abstract

Einige Firmen wie Google und Facebook, die vor fünfzehn Jahren noch nicht einmal existierten, stellen heute die mächtigsten Oligarchien des weltweiten, digitalen Kapitalismus dar. Der Internetzugang bildet das Gerüst, seine täglich mehr als drei Milliarden Nutzer die Belegschaft. Die neue digitale Technologie ist bereits fixer Bestandteil des Alltags, sie leitet und kontrolliert alle Aspekte des sozialen Lebens, vom Arbeitsplatz bis zu den Tempeln des Konsums. Eine neue und kaum spürbare Unterwerfung des virtuellen Menschen entsteht durch die naive Verbreitung von Nachrichten, Fotos, Selfies und Wünschen auf Plattformen und sozialen Netzwerken. Der virtuelle Mensch trägt durch seine eigene Praxis zur Stärkung der Herrschaft des neuen Reiches bei. Dieses Buch reflektiert gesellschaftliche Veränderungen, zeigt wie diese Oligarchie und diese neue Technologie die Fantasie der Menschen im Sinne des ökonomischen Profits und der sozialen Kontrolle begrenzt und kolonialisiert. Die längerfristigen Folgen dieses neuen Entwicklungsschrittes der kapitalistischen Produktionsweise sind noch nicht absehbar.

Theme

Information

0.007212868 = product of:
  0.028851472 = sum of:
    0.028851472 = weight(_text_:information in 543) [ClassicSimilarity], result of:
      0.028851472 = score(doc=543,freq=6.0), product of:
        0.06134496 = queryWeight, product of:
          1.7554779 = idf(docFreq=20772, maxDocs=44218)
          0.034944877 = queryNorm
        0.47031528 = fieldWeight in 543, product of:
          2.4494898 = tf(freq=6.0), with freq of:
            6.0 = termFreq=6.0
          1.7554779 = idf(docFreq=20772, maxDocs=44218)
          0.109375 = fieldNorm(doc=543)
  0.25 = coord(1/4)

Source

Interactive information seeking, behaviour and retrieval. Eds.: Ruthven, I. u. D. Kelly

Theme

Information

0.0068155187 = product of:
  0.027262075 = sum of:
    0.027262075 = weight(_text_:information in 4474) [ClassicSimilarity], result of:
      0.027262075 = score(doc=4474,freq=42.0), product of:
        0.06134496 = queryWeight, product of:
          1.7554779 = idf(docFreq=20772, maxDocs=44218)
          0.034944877 = queryNorm
        0.44440612 = fieldWeight in 4474, product of:
          6.4807405 = tf(freq=42.0), with freq of:
            42.0 = termFreq=42.0
          1.7554779 = idf(docFreq=20772, maxDocs=44218)
          0.0390625 = fieldNorm(doc=4474)
  0.25 = coord(1/4)

Abstract

This article proposes a theory of information need for information retrieval (IR). Information need traditionally denotes the start state for someone seeking information, which includes information search using an IR system. There are two perspectives on information need. The dominant, computer science perspective is that the user needs to find an answer to a well-defined question which is easy for the user to formulate into a query to the system. Ironically, information science's best known model of information need (Taylor, 1968) deems it to be a "black box"-unknowable and nonspecifiable by the user in a query to the information system. Information science has instead devoted itself to studying eight adjacent or surrogate concepts (information seeking, search and use; problem, problematic situation and task; sense making and evolutionary adaptation/information foraging). Based on an analysis of these eight adjacent/surrogate concepts, we create six testable propositions for a theory of information need. The central assumption of the theory is that while computer science sees IR as an information- or answer-finding system, focused on the user finding an answer, an information science or user-oriented theory of information need envisages a knowledge formulation/acquisition system.

Source

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 62(2011) no.7, S.1216-1231

Theme

Information

0.0066778176 = product of:
  0.02671127 = sum of:
    0.02671127 = weight(_text_:information in 679) [ClassicSimilarity], result of:
      0.02671127 = score(doc=679,freq=28.0), product of:
        0.06134496 = queryWeight, product of:
          1.7554779 = idf(docFreq=20772, maxDocs=44218)
          0.034944877 = queryNorm
        0.4354273 = fieldWeight in 679, product of:
          5.2915025 = tf(freq=28.0), with freq of:
            28.0 = termFreq=28.0
          1.7554779 = idf(docFreq=20772, maxDocs=44218)
          0.046875 = fieldNorm(doc=679)
  0.25 = coord(1/4)

Abstract

The paper discusses and analyzes the notion of information quality in terms of a pragmatic philosophy of language. It is argued that the notion of information quality is of great importance, and needs to be situated better within a sound philosophy of information to help frame information quality in a broader conceptual light. It is found that much research on information quality conceptualizes information quality as either an inherent property of the information itself, or as an individual mental construct of the users. The notion of information quality is often not situated within a philosophy of information. This paper outlines a conceptual framework in which information is regarded as a semiotic sign, and extends that notion with Paul Grice's pragmatic philosophy of language to provide a conversational notion of information quality that is contextual and tied to the notion of meaning.

Source

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 64(2013) no.4, S.675-688

Theme

Information

0.0065844175 = product of:
  0.02633767 = sum of:
    0.02633767 = weight(_text_:information in 4914) [ClassicSimilarity], result of:
      0.02633767 = score(doc=4914,freq=20.0), product of:
        0.06134496 = queryWeight, product of:
          1.7554779 = idf(docFreq=20772, maxDocs=44218)
          0.034944877 = queryNorm
        0.42933714 = fieldWeight in 4914, product of:
          4.472136 = tf(freq=20.0), with freq of:
            20.0 = termFreq=20.0
          1.7554779 = idf(docFreq=20772, maxDocs=44218)
          0.0546875 = fieldNorm(doc=4914)
  0.25 = coord(1/4)

Abstract

This article reviews results from a research project designed to understand the mediating influence of information technology on information behavior. During the analysis of the data, five modes of information behavior were uncovered. These provide us with a reconceptualization of core information-seeking and search activities, as well as a fruitful opening to redevelop, augment, or complement existing models of information behavior. The findings resonate with emerging theories of decision making and judgement and illustrate the need for information behavior researchers to undertake research in differing contexts. The work illuminates an issue of current concern for public policy: police use of information in decision making.

Source

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 62(2011) no.11, S.2165-2181

Theme

Information

0.0065844175 = product of:
  0.02633767 = sum of:
    0.02633767 = weight(_text_:information in 232) [ClassicSimilarity], result of:
      0.02633767 = score(doc=232,freq=20.0), product of:
        0.06134496 = queryWeight, product of:
          1.7554779 = idf(docFreq=20772, maxDocs=44218)
          0.034944877 = queryNorm
        0.42933714 = fieldWeight in 232, product of:
          4.472136 = tf(freq=20.0), with freq of:
            20.0 = termFreq=20.0
          1.7554779 = idf(docFreq=20772, maxDocs=44218)
          0.0546875 = fieldNorm(doc=232)
  0.25 = coord(1/4)

Abstract

This article addresses the question "what is information?" by comparing the meaning of the term "information" and epistemological assumptions of three theories in library and information science: the "Shannon-Weaver model," Brookes' interpretation of Popper's World 3, and the Data-Information-Knowledge-Wisdom model. It shows that the term "information" in these theories refers to empirical entities or events and is conceptualized as having causal powers upon human minds. It is argued that the epistemological assumptions have led to the negligence of the cultural and social aspects of the constitution of information (i.e., how something is considered to be and not to be information) and the unquestioned nature of science in research methodologies.

Source

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 63(2012) no.4, S.716-723

Theme

Information

0.0065844175 = product of:
  0.02633767 = sum of:
    0.02633767 = weight(_text_:information in 1853) [ClassicSimilarity], result of:
      0.02633767 = score(doc=1853,freq=20.0), product of:
        0.06134496 = queryWeight, product of:
          1.7554779 = idf(docFreq=20772, maxDocs=44218)
          0.034944877 = queryNorm
        0.42933714 = fieldWeight in 1853, product of:
          4.472136 = tf(freq=20.0), with freq of:
            20.0 = termFreq=20.0
          1.7554779 = idf(docFreq=20772, maxDocs=44218)
          0.0546875 = fieldNorm(doc=1853)
  0.25 = coord(1/4)

Abstract

Scholars have uncovered abundant data about the history of the term "information," as well as some of its many combined phrases (e.g., "information science," "information retrieval," and "information technology"). Many other compounds that involve "information" seem, however, not to have a known origin yet. In this article, further information about the phrase "information storage and retrieval" is provided. Knowing the history of terms and their associated concepts is an important prescription against poor terminological phrasing and theoretical confusion.

Source

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. 66(2015) no.6, S.1299-1302

Theme

Information

0.0065844175 = product of:
  0.02633767 = sum of:
    0.02633767 = weight(_text_:information in 5539) [ClassicSimilarity], result of:
      0.02633767 = score(doc=5539,freq=20.0), product of:
        0.06134496 = queryWeight, product of:
          1.7554779 = idf(docFreq=20772, maxDocs=44218)
          0.034944877 = queryNorm
        0.42933714 = fieldWeight in 5539, product of:
          4.472136 = tf(freq=20.0), with freq of:
            20.0 = termFreq=20.0
          1.7554779 = idf(docFreq=20772, maxDocs=44218)
          0.0546875 = fieldNorm(doc=5539)
  0.25 = coord(1/4)

Abstract

Can information be objective and/or subjective? Based on Patrick Wilson's notion of public knowledge and a story of a sign on a tree, this paper argues that private information is not the same as subjective information, and that the very communicative process of making information makes information objective. It also argues that the objective sense of information-public knowledge-has been and will be most relevant to information science, hence questions concerning collective responsibility in collecting, preserving, and organizing information shall be considered.

Content

Beitrag in einem Themenheft: 'Exploring Philosophies of Information'.

Theme

Information

0.006434906 = product of:
  0.025739623 = sum of:
    0.025739623 = weight(_text_:information in 2211) [ClassicSimilarity], result of:
      0.025739623 = score(doc=2211,freq=26.0), product of:
        0.06134496 = queryWeight, product of:
          1.7554779 = idf(docFreq=20772, maxDocs=44218)
          0.034944877 = queryNorm
        0.41958824 = fieldWeight in 2211, product of:
          5.0990195 = tf(freq=26.0), with freq of:
            26.0 = termFreq=26.0
          1.7554779 = idf(docFreq=20772, maxDocs=44218)
          0.046875 = fieldNorm(doc=2211)
  0.25 = coord(1/4)

Abstract

A review is presented of the relation between information and entropy, focusing on two main issues: the similarity of the formal definitions of physical entropy, according to statistical mechanics, and of information, according to information theory; and the possible subjectivity of entropy considered as missing information. The paper updates the 1983 analysis of Shaw and Davis. The difference in the interpretations of information given respectively by Shannon and by Wiener, significant for the information sciences, receives particular consideration. Analysis of a range of material, from literary theory to thermodynamics, is used to draw out the issues. Emphasis is placed on recourse to the original sources, and on direct quotation, to attempt to overcome some of the misunderstandings and oversimplifications that have occurred with these topics. Although it is strongly related to entropy, information is neither identical with it, nor its opposite. Information is related to order and pattern, but also to disorder and randomness. The relations between information and the "interesting complexity," which embodies both patterns and randomness, are worthy of attention.

Series

Advances in information science

Source

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. 66(2015) no.10, S.1965-1987

Theme

Information

0.0064073475 = product of:
  0.02562939 = sum of:
    0.02562939 = weight(_text_:information in 3270) [ClassicSimilarity], result of:
      0.02562939 = score(doc=3270,freq=58.0), product of:
        0.06134496 = queryWeight, product of:
          1.7554779 = idf(docFreq=20772, maxDocs=44218)
          0.034944877 = queryNorm
        0.4177913 = fieldWeight in 3270, product of:
          7.615773 = tf(freq=58.0), with freq of:
            58.0 = termFreq=58.0
          1.7554779 = idf(docFreq=20772, maxDocs=44218)
          0.03125 = fieldNorm(doc=3270)
  0.25 = coord(1/4)

Abstract

We live in a society that is awash with information, but few of us really understand what information is. In this Very Short Introduction, one of the world's leading authorities on the philosophy of information and on information ethics, Luciano Floridi, offers an illuminating exploration of information as it relates to both philosophy and science. He discusses the roots of the concept of information in mathematics and science, and considers the role of information in several fields, including biology. Floridi also discusses concepts such as "Infoglut" (too much information to process) and the emergence of an information society, and he addresses the nature of information as a communication process and its place as a physical phenomenon. Perhaps more important, he explores information's meaning and value, and ends by considering the broader social and ethical issues relating to information, including problems surrounding accessibility, privacy, ownership, copyright, and open source. This book helps us understand the true meaning of the concept and how it can be used to understand our world. About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam.

BK

06.00 (Information und Dokumentation: Allgemeines)

Classification

06.00 (Information und Dokumentation: Allgemeines)

RSWK

Information / Soziologie / Einführung
Information / Philosophie / Informationstheorie / Wissenssoziologie / Einführung
Philosophie / Information / Bedeutung / Differenz / Daten / Einführung (HBZ)
Information / Mathematik / Semantik
Physik / Information / Entropie / Maxwellscher Dämon
Biologie / Information / Genetik / DNS / Codon / Kommunikation / Neurobiologie
Information / Wirtschaft

Subject

Information / Soziologie / Einführung
Information / Philosophie / Informationstheorie / Wissenssoziologie / Einführung
Philosophie / Information / Bedeutung / Differenz / Daten / Einführung (HBZ)
Information / Mathematik / Semantik
Physik / Information / Entropie / Maxwellscher Dämon
Biologie / Information / Genetik / DNS / Codon / Kommunikation / Neurobiologie
Information / Wirtschaft

Theme

Information

0.006295907 = product of:
  0.025183627 = sum of:
    0.025183627 = weight(_text_:information in 1147) [ClassicSimilarity], result of:
      0.025183627 = score(doc=1147,freq=14.0), product of:
        0.06134496 = queryWeight, product of:
          1.7554779 = idf(docFreq=20772, maxDocs=44218)
          0.034944877 = queryNorm
        0.41052482 = fieldWeight in 1147, product of:
          3.7416575 = tf(freq=14.0), with freq of:
            14.0 = termFreq=14.0
          1.7554779 = idf(docFreq=20772, maxDocs=44218)
          0.0625 = fieldNorm(doc=1147)
  0.25 = coord(1/4)

Abstract

This article discusses the historiography of information. It argues that information history is represented by (at least) six well-defined subdisciplines (archival history, book and publishing history, communication history, computing history, information science history, and library history), each in agreement about its own methods and core literature, but which it shares with none of the other five. The article identifies books that could be read in graduate-level courses on information history that are taught either chronologically or thematically. It also identifies historical questions that cut across the six subdisciplines.

Source

Information and culture. 50(2015) no.1, S.1-23

Theme

Information

0.0062465263 = product of:
  0.024986105 = sum of:
    0.024986105 = weight(_text_:information in 2254) [ClassicSimilarity], result of:
      0.024986105 = score(doc=2254,freq=18.0), product of:
        0.06134496 = queryWeight, product of:
          1.7554779 = idf(docFreq=20772, maxDocs=44218)
          0.034944877 = queryNorm
        0.40730494 = fieldWeight in 2254, product of:
          4.2426405 = tf(freq=18.0), with freq of:
            18.0 = termFreq=18.0
          1.7554779 = idf(docFreq=20772, maxDocs=44218)
          0.0546875 = fieldNorm(doc=2254)
  0.25 = coord(1/4)

Abstract

The relationship between information and complexity is analyzed using a detailed literature analysis. Complexity is a multifaceted concept, with no single agreed definition. There are numerous approaches to defining and measuring complexity and organization, all involving the idea of information. Conceptions of complexity, order, organization, and "interesting order" are inextricably intertwined with those of information. Shannon's formalism captures information's unpredictable creative contributions to organized complexity; a full understanding of information's relation to structure and order is still lacking. Conceptual investigations of this topic should enrich the theoretical basis of the information science discipline, and create fruitful links with other disciplines that study the concepts of information and complexity.

Series

Advances in information science

Source

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. 66(2015) no.11, S.2177-2186

Theme

Information

0.0062465263 = product of:
  0.024986105 = sum of:
    0.024986105 = weight(_text_:information in 5424) [ClassicSimilarity], result of:
      0.024986105 = score(doc=5424,freq=18.0), product of:
        0.06134496 = queryWeight, product of:
          1.7554779 = idf(docFreq=20772, maxDocs=44218)
          0.034944877 = queryNorm
        0.40730494 = fieldWeight in 5424, product of:
          4.2426405 = tf(freq=18.0), with freq of:
            18.0 = termFreq=18.0
          1.7554779 = idf(docFreq=20772, maxDocs=44218)
          0.0546875 = fieldNorm(doc=5424)
  0.25 = coord(1/4)

Abstract

Was ist Information? Die Antwort, die der Autor gibt, lautet: Information ist repräsentierte, logarithmisch gemessene Vielfalt. Diese hier umstandslos gegebene Definition wird im Buch grundlegend erklärt. In einzelnen Schritten, die keine Zwischenschritte auslassen, kann der Leser zu einem vollständigen Verständnis der Information gelangen. Auf dem Weg zu diesem Ziel ergibt sich eine Reihe von Einsichten, in denen der fundamentale Stellenwert des Informationskonzepts für die Grundlagen der Designforschung deutlich wird.

RSWK

Design / Ästhetik / Information / Erkenntnistheorie
Information / Design / Theorie

Subject

Design / Ästhetik / Information / Erkenntnistheorie
Information / Design / Theorie

Theme

Information

0.006182458 = product of:
  0.024729831 = sum of:
    0.024729831 = weight(_text_:information in 1316) [ClassicSimilarity], result of:
      0.024729831 = score(doc=1316,freq=6.0), product of:
        0.06134496 = queryWeight, product of:
          1.7554779 = idf(docFreq=20772, maxDocs=44218)
          0.034944877 = queryNorm
        0.40312737 = fieldWeight in 1316, product of:
          2.4494898 = tf(freq=6.0), with freq of:
            6.0 = termFreq=6.0
          1.7554779 = idf(docFreq=20772, maxDocs=44218)
          0.09375 = fieldNorm(doc=1316)
  0.25 = coord(1/4)

Source

Theories of information, communication and knowledge : a multidisciplinary approach. Eds.: F. Ibekwe-SanJuan u. T.M. Dousa

Theme

Information

0.006182458 = product of:
  0.024729831 = sum of:
    0.024729831 = weight(_text_:information in 3101) [ClassicSimilarity], result of:
      0.024729831 = score(doc=3101,freq=24.0), product of:
        0.06134496 = queryWeight, product of:
          1.7554779 = idf(docFreq=20772, maxDocs=44218)
          0.034944877 = queryNorm
        0.40312737 = fieldWeight in 3101, product of:
          4.8989797 = tf(freq=24.0), with freq of:
            24.0 = termFreq=24.0
          1.7554779 = idf(docFreq=20772, maxDocs=44218)
          0.046875 = fieldNorm(doc=3101)
  0.25 = coord(1/4)

Abstract

Charles S. Peirce had a theory of information largely ignored by contemporary information theorists. This paper gives an outline of this theory and confronts it with information theories since 1949, Shannon and Weaver's syntactic theory of information, Carnap and Bar-Hillel's logico-semantic theory, and Dretske's cognitive-pragmatic theory of information. In contrast to these more recent theories, Peirce's theory of information is not based on a calculus of probabilities but on one of logical quantities. Furthermore, it does not only study information as growth of knowledge from actual texts or utterances but also as knowledge accumulated in symbols in the course of their history. Peirce takes all three dimensions of semiotics into account without reducing information to any of them: syntax, since it calculates information from the combination of subject and predicate terms of propositions; semantics, since it studies the denotation and signification of symbols; and pragmatics insofar as it studies processes of knowledge acquisition. The specifically semiotic aspect of Peirce's information theory consists in its study of the different effects of icons, indices, and symbols on the growth of words, ideas, and knowledge.

Theme

Information

0.0061321636 = product of:
  0.024528654 = sum of:
    0.024528654 = weight(_text_:information in 4241) [ClassicSimilarity], result of:
      0.024528654 = score(doc=4241,freq=34.0), product of:
        0.06134496 = queryWeight, product of:
          1.7554779 = idf(docFreq=20772, maxDocs=44218)
          0.034944877 = queryNorm
        0.39984792 = fieldWeight in 4241, product of:
          5.8309517 = tf(freq=34.0), with freq of:
            34.0 = termFreq=34.0
          1.7554779 = idf(docFreq=20772, maxDocs=44218)
          0.0390625 = fieldNorm(doc=4241)
  0.25 = coord(1/4)

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to formulate an analytical framework for the information concept based on the semiotic theory. Design/methodology/approach The paper is motivated by the apparent controversy that still surrounds the information concept. Information, being a key concept within LIS, suffers from being anchored in various incompatible theories. The paper suggests that information is signs, and it demonstrates how the concept of information can be understood within C.S. Peirce's phenomenologically rooted semiotic. Hence, from there, certain ontological conditions as well epistemological consequences of the information concept can be deduced. Findings The paper argues that an understanding of information, as either objective or subjective/discursive, leads to either objective reductionism and signal processing, that fails to explain how information becomes meaningful at all, or conversely, information is understood only relative to subjective/discursive intentions, agendas, etc. To overcome the limitations of defining information as either objective or subjective/discursive, a semiotic analysis shows that information understood as signs is consistently sensitive to both objective and subjective/discursive features of information. It is consequently argued that information as concept should be defined in relation to ontological conditions having certain epistemological consequences. Originality/value The paper presents an analytical framework, derived from semiotics, that adds to the developments of the philosophical dimensions of information within LIS.

Theme

Information

0.0059490725 = product of:
  0.02379629 = sum of:
    0.02379629 = weight(_text_:information in 1313) [ClassicSimilarity], result of:
      0.02379629 = score(doc=1313,freq=8.0), product of:
        0.06134496 = queryWeight, product of:
          1.7554779 = idf(docFreq=20772, maxDocs=44218)
          0.034944877 = queryNorm
        0.38790947 = fieldWeight in 1313, product of:
          2.828427 = tf(freq=8.0), with freq of:
            8.0 = termFreq=8.0
          1.7554779 = idf(docFreq=20772, maxDocs=44218)
          0.078125 = fieldNorm(doc=1313)
  0.25 = coord(1/4)

Source

Theories of information, communication and knowledge : a multidisciplinary approach. Eds.: F. Ibekwe-SanJuan u. T.M. Dousa

Theme

Information

0.0059490725 = product of:
  0.02379629 = sum of:
    0.02379629 = weight(_text_:information in 2983) [ClassicSimilarity], result of:
      0.02379629 = score(doc=2983,freq=8.0), product of:
        0.06134496 = queryWeight, product of:
          1.7554779 = idf(docFreq=20772, maxDocs=44218)
          0.034944877 = queryNorm
        0.38790947 = fieldWeight in 2983, product of:
          2.828427 = tf(freq=8.0), with freq of:
            8.0 = termFreq=8.0
          1.7554779 = idf(docFreq=20772, maxDocs=44218)
          0.078125 = fieldNorm(doc=2983)
  0.25 = coord(1/4)

Source

Re:inventing information science in the networked society: Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Information Science, Zadar/Croatia, 19th-21st May 2015. Eds.: F. Pehar, C. Schloegl u. C. Wolff

Theme

Information