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Communication Defined as
Complementary Informative
Processes1
Robert M. Losee
School of Information and Library Sci.
U. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360
U.S.A.
losee@ils.unc.edu
Journal of Information, Communication and Library Science
5 (3) 1999, pp 1-15.
Abstract:
Given a set of requirements for a
definition of communication,
we can define
a communication as information that
enters a process and eventually leaves
its inverse process.
For example, information is transmitted by
speaking and received after processing
by its inverse, hearing.
This definition can be used
to precisely describe and
explain communication phenomena in an
inclusive and exact manner.
The nature of processes and their
development is considered.
Communication
processes may support other processes,
including non-communicative,
evolutionarily adaptive
processes supporting
survival and reproduction.
Communication is expected to develop in
self-organizing systems, given certain
assumptions.
Receiving
processes may be understood as
information filters and
their performance described,
predicted, and understood.
These precise definitions of communication and information can serve as the
basis for a science of librarianship.
(pdf of full article.)
Bob Losee
1999-09-28