Information as sign: Semiotics and information science

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 507-522

  Raber, Douglas ^a   Budd, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Information; Information theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141977353     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220410310499564     Document Type: Article

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