Some Observations on the Semantics of "Information"

Information Systems Frontiers

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 155-167

  Newman, Julian ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Information society; Knowledge; Measurement; Methodology; Semiotics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035617241     PISSN: 13873326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011439305567     Document Type: Article

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