From the perspective of semiotics, “information” is an ambiguous theoretical concept because the word is used to … 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 …

The association between life and information is discussed. Information is considered to be “a stimulus which expands or …. It is proposed that information was derived from the environment as a direct result of the evolution of organisms that … is that often, prospective mates had to evolve means of communication, making it possible for animals to expand their …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the association between information and boundaries. Life depends on … boundaries: it therefore needs information. Design/methodology/approach – The paper explores the evolution of physical, social … and cultural boundaries and considers how they have shaped ways in which information is gathered and used. Findings …

– The authors conclude that Belkin's idea of information and his idea of communication lack the social aspect. Based on his …Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to examine and compare Nicholas Belkin's information concept and his concept of … communication with the authors' semeiotic inspired communication model – the Dynacom. Design/methodology/approach – The authors …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to specify the role of emotions played in information seeking and sharing taking … negative emotions in information seeking and sharing about the above topic? The data were analyzed by means of descriptive … and negative emotions was broadest while providing opinions or sharing information with others. In contrast, emotions were …

Although the information needs of women receiving antenatal and postnatal care are well understood, few studies have … examined the use of information by minority ethnic women. This paper describes a pilot study that aimed to identify the main … maternity information sources used by Somali women living in a northern city in the UK. The study described here utilised …

This study aimed to evaluate the quality of Internet information on smoking cessation using a cross‐sectional survey … design. The characteristics and content of 89 Web sites containing smoking cessation information were evaluated. The quality … of these sites were measured by the information quality tool (IQT), quality scale (QS) and DISCERN. The most widely …

addressed to a large film archive this study analyses what types of information needs real users have and how these needs are … expressed. The findings include that the requesters make use of a broad range of need attributes in specifying their information … much as 43 per cent of the requests contain no information about the context that gives rise to the request. The current …