Everyday millions of people get online and surf the internet, before that people went to libraries and checked out books, and before any of that was possible, empires wrote on wet clay tablets filled with writings that they stored in private rooms, palaces, and temples. These soon became known as private libraries, and soon other empires joined in. What was important was that they were storing and sharing information, each innovation of sharing information has one main goal, to search and obtain knowledge. It is essential in our everyday behavior to seek information to gain knowledge. The goal of this paper is to present Buckland’s argument on information as well as give my argument. What you will gain from this paper is how it is essential in human behavior to search for knowledge.
Information is defined in several ways; Webster defines Information as, the communication or reception of knowledge or intelligence: knowledge obtained from investigation, study, or instruction, intelligence, news, facts, and data. The class gave a definition from Ken Davenport that said, “Information is data endowed with relevance and purpose.”(Davenport 2002) We gather information from data that turns into information that is then been understood and received as knowledge that has been remembered throughout that person’s life as wisdom. Russell Ackoff defined information as, “information is data that has been given meaning by way of relational connection.” (Bellinger 2004) This definition was giving as means to illustrate the cycle of how information is formed and transferred. My own definition of information is that, information is the flow of knowledge to people from studies, books, investigations, etc. We obtain information from reading books...
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...ansferred through, including libraries, computers, and specifically people. The way that information coincides with our research behavior is the measurement of data, including demographic, environmental, and social aspects.
The understanding of this paper is that Information seeking is important when trying to gain knowledge. The way we go about gaining this knowledge is based on social and demographic aspects that influence our information seeking process. When we view information as a thing we inadvertently mix tangible and intangible objects that can be gain through distinct categories that Buckland illustrates. We gather information everyday in various forms and ways that we sometimes don’t realize. Information is transferred through many channels or systems that serve a way to inform the user in hopes of filling a specific gap to obtain or gain knowledge.
Chapter one is an examination of different definitions of ‘information’ to support the concept of ‘informa...
“Knowledge is nothing more than the systematic organization of facts”. Discuss this statement in relation to two areas of knowledge.
Taking two authors, George Orwell and Aldous Huxley, he compared their views about the future of information. Orwell's view was that we would be overcome by a controlling force and books would be banned, leaving us without proper information or instruction. Huxley, on the other hand, suggested that the squelching of information would not be the problem. Instead, it would be the voluminous mass flooding our culture that would make us ignorant. We would have so much to choose from, both useful and worthless, that we would become indifferent t...
Knowledge is the key to more information that can really stand you out from the rest. This can cause problems for people who crave the unknown or want more than what is given for self-benefit. Books and the internet can only do so much for us to increase technology or even increase work ethics, but in the bad side knowledge can lead up to using the information for terror or etc. The amount of information in this world is a double-edged knife for having it's good and bad to oneself and society and an example of this happening is in Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein.
information found on the net is the product of people who have access to computers, with inevitable reflection of their own
Lor, P., & Britz, J. (2007). Is a knowledge society possible without freedom of access to information? Journal of Information Science, 33(4), 387-397. doi:10.1177/016555150607532 7
It is amazing how much information we have at our disposal. If you think about it, the amount of information available to the general populace today has never been accessible in such great quantities. Historically speaking, information was only available to people who had power and wealth, as they were typically the literate members of society. As time marched on, more people became literate, and information became more widespread. It is now easier than ever to find and publish information, thanks to the internet. Though the internet grants access to a variety of different sources and opinions, there is a caveat to this great informational and technological advancement.
By collecting and improving the crystallization of predecessors’ wisdoms, people have gained more knowledge. Accordingly, they are now living in a society with advanced technologies, which are products of the intelligence. Wikipedia, an online “encyclopedia” that has collective information, has become the source that someone first turn to if he wants to find answers to some problems today; and the gene engineering , although as a central issue, has saved numerous people’s lives in recent years. They are two examples that people benefit from most. However, as people receive more specific and professional knowledge and master more advanced technology, some point out that,
According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary (n.d.) data is defined as factual information used for discussion, scientific research and analysis. Information is defined as having the capability of communicating knowledge that is being presented to increase or explain a problem or a solution to a particular matter (Merriam- Webster Dictionary, n.d.). According to Oxford English Dictionary (n.d.) knowledge is defined as having the ability to recollect information that is gained through personal experiences, experiences from others or education. Wisdom is defined as having the ability to make practical decisions from previous experiences or knowledge (Oxford English Dictionary, n.d.).
Birchler and Butler (2007) stated that there are many reasons to know in depth about economics of information, which are information is an interesting economic good, economics is about information, information is of strategic importance and information economics is a young field with practical relevance in many context.
Perhaps it is not too much "information," but an explosion of "noninformation" (Wurman 1989) lacking relevance, quality, and usefulness. What is needed is better judgment of the quality, accuracy, and reliability of what is received(Kinnaman 1994). According to John Seeley Brown, people may perceive overload because the information they receive does not fit into current mental models for understanding the world (Tetzeli 1994). The problem of information overload thus has both technological and human aspects. The solution is also two pronged: both technological--create better technological tools and make better use of them--and human--revise mental models and sharpen the capacity for critical reflection and analysis.
Daniel Bell (1973) coined the expression ‘the post-industrial society’. In this society a substantial proportion of the population are employed or involved in the work of information collection and communication. In this sense we can see that information has become a commodity which can have a value and is therefore marketable. It also can be seen as an indispensable component of our social fabric.
If we think of information as a relation—intelligence provided, a person is informed by a sign about some thing in a certain context—we can hardly fail to notice that in a hypertrophically informed society like ours the sign looms large….We are so used to the mass and sophistication of our vehicles and containers of information that a society without them seems primitive and incomplete. (38)
In the world today, information is an important aspect in almost every part of our life. From what time the movie we want to see begins to whether we should buy stock in Dell or IBM, we depend on accurate information. Is this kind of information a commodity? The dictionary defines a commodity as something valuable or useful (Webster 1993). Presently, information is a commodity because people are willing to pay high prices for information in order to make better decisions. In this paper, I will give many examples of how information acts as a commodity. I will also show how information acts as a commodity in other areas than just technology and business.
Societies have evolved over recent centuries from agricultural communities to industrial giants. Sociologists, amongst others, are fascinated by the changes that have occurred in society, particularly since the advent of the industrial revolution to recent times. The last few decades have been referred to as the information era and this essay will be discussing the theories of several prominent authors, such as Daniel Bell, Frank Webster, Fritz Machlup and others, regarding the notion of an ‘information society’. The varying approaches have all have gained some momentum over the past few decades as technology advances. There will be some comment on their interpretations, how the information fits into our society, and the ways it has effect has possibly changed us. It will also see if any or all explain just what an information society is.