Document (#43384)

Author

Ma, Y.

Title

Understanding information : adding a non-individualistic lens

Source

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. 72(2021) no.10, S.1295-1305

Year

2021

Series

Special issue: Paradigm shift in the field of information

Abstract

The individualistic lens refers to the understanding of problematic information as something that is clearly identifiable, with objective criteria of measurement. This article argues for adding a non-individualistic lens for understanding information. The necessity for adding a non-individualistic lens grows from that the existing individualistic lens appears inadequate to make sense of information phenomenon, in particular when it comes to understanding problematic information. Non-individualistic is proposed as a complementary perspective, which needs to be further developed conceptually. To begin such development, this article directs information professionals' attention to the promising concept of information ecology. More specifically, this article pulls resources from philosophy of information (Floridi's infosphere) and information ethics (Capurro's Angeletics) to illustrate existing conceptualizations of information ecology. Information ecology appears to align with this sociotechnical view that information researchers have started to develop in the most recent years, though arguably information ecology may have an even broader scope. Lastly, this article also points out that the conceptualization of information ecology needs to be aware of, and cautious of the philosophical assumption that is relied on for understanding information.

Content

Vgl.: https://asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/asi.24441.

Theme

Information

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