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Kockelman, Paul. 2013. Information is the enclosure of meaning: Cybernetics, semiotics, and alternative theories of information. Language & Communication 33 (2) : 115–127.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

cybernetics | information chunking | information theory | meaning theory | social interaction

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

www.sciencedirect.com/

Annotation

Claiming that information is best grasped as meaning enclosure, this paper proposes two alternative information definitions, one concentrating on interaction (individuals and practices) and one on institutions (collectivities and structures), that conclusively mediate between relatively quantitative and qualitative information theories.