The Communication Turn in the Theory of Social Systems

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 129-136

  Leydesdorff, Loet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autopoiesis; Information theory; Language; Probabilistic entropy; Social systems

Indexed keywords

SOCIOLOGY;

COMMUNICATION; ENTROPY; INFORMATION THEORY; PROBABILITY; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 0036104386     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.453     Document Type: Article

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