What is Information? Toward a Theory of Information as Objective and Veridical
| Autor: | John Mingers, Craig Standing |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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T1 Information algebra Computer science Strategy and Management 05 social sciences Information quality Information needs 02 engineering and technology Library and Information Sciences Epistemology Management information systems Information processing theory 020204 information systems Information ethics 0502 economics and business 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Information system Relevance (information retrieval) Social psychology 050203 business & management Information Systems |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Information Technology. 33:85-104 |
| ISSN: | 1466-4437 0268-3962 |
| DOI: | 10.1057/s41265-017-0038-6 |
| Popis: | Information systems are a strong and ever-growing discipline of enormous relevance to today's informated world, and yet, as recent reviews have shown, there is still not an agreed and explicit conceptualization or definition of information. After an evaluative review of a range of theories of information, this paper develops and defends a particular theory, one that sees information as both objective and veridical. By objective, we mean that the information carried by signs and messages exists independently of its receivers or observers. The information carried by a sign exists even if the sign is not actually observed. By veridical, we mean that information must be true or correct in order to be information – information is truth-constituted. False information is not information, but misinformation or disinformation. The paper develops this theory and then discusses four contentious issues – information as objective rather than subjective; information as true or correct; information and knowledge; and information and the ambiguity of meaning. It concludes with a discussion of the practical implications of the theory. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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