Description: Toward a Scoiological Theory of Information, Hardcover by Garfinkel, Harold; Rawls, Anne Warfield (EDT), ISBN 1594512817, ISBN-13 9781594512810, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US This is the first publication of a manuscript completed by Garfinkel (sociology emeritus, U. of California, Los Angeles) in April 1952 for a seminar he was teaching at Princeton in conjunction with the Organizational Behavior Project. He outlines an inherent social theory of information, maintaining that information is not only put to social uses but becomes information in the first place through situated social processes. He argues it is impossible to understand information either intrinsically or as an application without addressing its social or organized character. He also describes how information assumes desired properties to meet conditions, defines how information becomes an object and provides a new working definition of it, characterizes types of information and analyzes factors that provide conditions for information. Rawls (sociology, Bentley College) organizes the notes well and provides a helpful introduction. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()
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Book Title: Toward a Scoiological Theory of Information
Number of Pages: 342 Pages
Publication Name: Toward a Sociological Theory of Information
Language: English
Publisher: Routledge
Item Height: 0.4 in
Publication Year: 2008
Subject: Information Theory, Sociology / General
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 20 Oz
Item Length: 8.5 in
Author: Harold Garfinkel, Anne Rawls
Subject Area: Computers, Social Science
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Hardcover
