Communication, Information, and Pragmatics

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Author(s): Adriana Braga (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)and Robert K. Logan (Ontario College of Arts and Design, Canada & University of Toronto, Canada)
Copyright: 2019
Pages: 11
Source title: Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Media and Communications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. (Information Resources Management Association, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7601-3.ch001

Keywords: Information Science Reference / Media & Communications / Multimedia Technology / Social Networking

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In this chapter, the authors first examine the meaning and significance of information, which will entail a critique of Shannon information theory. They show it is really a theory of the transmission of signals. They describe how MacKay and Bateson adds the element of meaning to the definition of information. They then examine the proposition of Kauffman et al. that organization is a form of information. Assuming that it is not possible not to communicate, the authors emphasize the pragmatic dimension of communication. They argue that information, communication, and social interaction are inseparable elements of production of meaning. Thus, as in any communication there are three simultaneous dimensions operating as a system—syntactic, semantics, and pragmatics—and it is also the case that information, communication, and social interaction are operating as a system.

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