Toward a sociological theory of information

Paradigm Publishers

2008

vi, 328 p.

9781594512810

Various conceptions of information --Some desired properties of the thing called "information" --The conditions within which a definition of information will be sought --The "object-in general" --The "imbedded" possibility of experience --Some preliminary terms --A working definition of information --Kinds of information --The factors that condition information: (A) factors of the order of possibilities --Factors that condition information: (B) role factors --Factors that condition information: (C) factors of communicative work --Factors that condition information: (D) net-work factors --Summary of the theory (omitted) --Problems and theorems.

Английский