TY  - JOUR
AB  - From the perspective of semiotics, “information” is an ambiguous theoretical concept because the word is used to represent both signifier and signified, both text and content. Using the work of Fernand de Saussure, this paper explores theoretical possibilities that open by virtue of understanding information as sign. Of particular interest is the way semiotics suggests ways to bridge the theoretical gap between information as thing and information as cognitive phenomenon by positing information as a cultural phenomenon.
VL  - 59
IS  - 5
SN  - 0022-0418
DO  - 10.1108/00220410310499564
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/00220410310499564
AU  - Raber Douglas
AU  - Budd John M.
PY  - 2003
Y1  - 2003/01/01
TI  - Information as sign: semiotics and information science
T2  - Journal of Documentation
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 507
EP  - 522
Y2  - 2024/09/22
ER  -