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Throughout this course we will discover that most of the fundamental terms that we will use have rather slippery definitions. For the sake of sanity let us begin our discussions by adopting Carolyn Watter's very useful definitions of : data, information, and knowledge.
There are many different models of the information universe. One is the data - information- knowledge hierarchy. The other presented here is my adaptation of Claude Shannon's (a famous communications theorist) channel model. Like all models these models have some strengths and, of course, many weaknesses. How would you model the information universe?
I have created a list of what I consider to be the key concepts and terms found in the Buckland (1991) reading. In the future, you too should start building lists of key concepts and terms for each article we read. Tip: this approach makes studying for the 11 November test much easier! If your list and mine differ consider the possibility that your list might be better; I nake no claim of omniscience. Therefore, bring up the differences in class so we can all share each other's insights.
This is the list of key concepts from the Forester (1992) article generated in class.