A discipline independent definition of information

Journal of the American Society for Information Science

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 254-269

  Losee, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); ERRORS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION THEORY; TELECOMMUNICATION;

DISCIPLINE INDEPENDENT INFORMATION DEFINITION; MISINFORMATION;

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 0031103055     PISSN: 00028231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(199703)48:3<254::AID-ASI6>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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