Publication series :1
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Publication year: 1991
E-ISBN: 9781452253091
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780803939059
Subject: H0 Linguistics
Keyword: 语言学
Language: ENG
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Description
This volume thoroughly covers the sub-field of information, and is one of the first in a series which synthesizes the research literature on major concepts in the field of communication. Each concise volume includes a research definition (concept explication) and presents a state-of-the-art analysis of theory and empirical findings related to the concept.
After defining the word `information', the author contrasts non-linear and reflexive ideas about human communication with linear perspectives. Information is equated with uncertainty. The result presents a pattern for the process of conceptualizing and reconceptualizing information in the context of evolving communication theories.
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