Perspectives on Information
by Chapman, D. A., (David A.) Ramage, Magnus
"Information is everywhere, and defines everything in today's society. Moreover, information is a key concept in a wide range of academic disciplines, from quantum physics to public policy. However, these disciplines all interpret the concept in quite different ways. This book looks at information in several different academic disciplines - cybernetics, ICT, communications theory, semiotics, information systems, library science, linguistics, quantum physics and public policy. 'Perspectives on I…
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- Full title :Perspectives on Information / edited by Magnus Ramage and David Chapman.
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"Information is everywhere, and defines everything in today's society. Moreover, information is a key concept in a wide range of academic disciplines, from quantum physics to public policy. However, these disciplines all interpret the concept in quite different ways. This book looks at information in several different academic disciplines - cybernetics, ICT, communications theory, semiotics, information systems, library science, linguistics, quantum physics and public policy. 'Perspectives on Information' brings clarity and coherence to different perspectives through promoting information as a unifying concept across the disciplinary spectrum. Though conceived as a contribution to the ongoing conversation between academic disciplines into the nature of information, the deliberately accessible style of this text (reflecting the authors' backgrounds at The Open University) will be make it valuable for anyone who needs to know something more about information. Given the ubiquity of information in the 21st century, that means everyone"--
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- Publication Date:2011, ©2011.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Routledge
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2011, ©2011.
The Physical Object
- Description:viii, 168 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780415884105, 0415884101, 9780203814505, 0203814509
- oclc:ocn694616463
- LC Classification:Q360
- Dewey Decimal:003/.54
Table of Contents
Competing models of information in the history of cybernetics -- The information revolution, taking a long view -- Information, meaning and context -- Signs and signals -- Fundamentals of information, purposeful activity, meaning and conceptualisation -- Using information (and information) to inform action -- Information and libraries, impact of web 2.0 -- Three principles of information flow, conservation as a dialogue game -- Quantum information -- Information policy making, developing the rules of the road for the information society (or the anatomy of a digital economy act).
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