Information (Communication Concepts) - Brossura

Ritchie, L . David

 
9780803939059: Information (Communication Concepts)
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ISBN 10: 0803939051 ISBN 13: 9780803939059
Casa editrice: SAGE Publications, Inc, 1991

Sinossi

Overall, Ritchie provides an excellent introduction to Shannon′s theories of communication and the associated ideas concerning information. --Library Quarterly SERIES QUOTE: "The second volume in the series is titled information and the third volume is Gatekeeping. Taking their lead from Chaffee, both Ritchie and Shoemaker carefully explicate the concepts which focus their texts. As is the first volume in the series, these are well-thought out, succinct, and very readable volumes. Additional titles are planned. . . . If the standards set by these three are continued, this promises to be an exciting series which provides clarity and focus to the study of communication." --ETC: A Review of General Semantics Challenging, intriguing, complex--defining information has occupied many of the best minds in the field of communication for half a century. Information seeks to summarize and resolve the difficult issues associated with this endeavor. Ritchie succinctly explains the distinctions among the myriad definitions/understandings of information and why these distinctions are important. Providing a definition for information, he then explores how the concept of information can connect various aspects of the communication process in a coherent way. This analysis ranges across several levels of conceptual usage: technical meaning in engineering; the complex meanings of information; and its metaphorical usage by communication theorists.

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Contenuti

Information in Communication Science
Communication
Signal Transmission and Interpretation
Measuring the Variety of a Set
Redundancy
How Structure Affects Variety
Structure and Relevance
Uncertainty
Summary
Distinctions and Connections

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Editore
SAGE Publications, Inc
Data di pubblicazione
1991
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0803939051
ISBN 13 
9780803939059
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
75
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

Friedensallee 273
Hamburg
22763
Germania

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9780803939042: Information

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ISBN 10:  0803939043 ISBN 13:  9780803939042
Casa editrice: Sage Pubns, 1991
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