Understanding Information: An IntroductionIntended primarily for students of information systems, information technology and computer science, this text brings together material from a large variety of disciplines, including sociology, semiotics and management as well as philosophical and anthropological studies of information. |
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Undestanding information is a thorough explanation of the different stages and sort of layers that any piece of information has. The very good thing of this text is that its writer is a truly respected informatics professional, and his excerpts can be used in our own projects about information and its use.
Contents
Semiotics and Information | 10 |
Semantics | 37 |
Syntactics | 55 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Understanding Information: An Introduction Information Systems Series Macmillan information systems series |
| Authors | Jonathan Liebenau, James Backhouse |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1990 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 12 Nov 2009 |
| ISBN | 0333536800, 9780333536803 |
| Length | 125 pages |
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