Re: [Air-l] Information and knowledge
Hello everyone, I recently requested your opinions on the differences between "information" and "knowledge." Here is a summary of the 31 responses received. For the most part, respondents were in agreement that information is a component of knowledge. Many equated "information" with "raw facts" or "data" and saw "knowledge" as having with more "meaning." Knowledge is the "application of information." Three respondents called knowledge information that had been "internalized." Another referred to it as "information with context." No respondents saw the terms as synonymous and the majority used the exact terms "meaning" and "value" in association with the concept "knowledge." One respondent referred to knowledge as "vibrant" and "fluid." "Information," on the other hand, is "static" and comprised of "uninterpretted data," "facts," or "discrete items." According to the responses, only when information is "applied," "synthesized," "contextualized" and/or "combined with experience," does it become "knowledge." Thank you to all who responded. Your comments have been very helpful. Best, Brenda -- Brenda L. Battleson Head, Print Periodicals/Serials Acquisitions Dept. University at Buffalo 134 Lockwood Library Buffalo, NY 14260-2210 716.645.2305 (voice) 716.645.5955 (fax)
greetings all, brenda - thanks for sharing your summary. i'm also interested in this topic (for my dissertation research). can you -- or anyone else on the list -- point me to references on the distinction between information and knowledge? here are two that i know of: Raynes–Goldie, Kate (2004) Pulling sense out of today’s informational chaos: LiveJournal as a site of knowledge creation and sharing. First Monday, volume 9, number 12 (December 2004) http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_12/raynes/index.html Stehr, Nico (2005), knowledge politics: governing the consequences of science and technology. Boulder: Paradigm Publishers. (found on pp 31- 36) thanks, clifford --- Clifford Tatum Doctoral Student Dept. of Communication University of Washington clifford@u.washington.edu On Oct 11, 2005, at 6:54 PM, blb@buffalo.edu wrote:
Hello everyone,
I recently requested your opinions on the differences between "information" and "knowledge." Here is a summary of the 31 responses received.
For the most part, respondents were in agreement that information is a component of knowledge. Many equated "information" with "raw facts" or "data" and saw "knowledge" as having with more "meaning." Knowledge is the "application of information." Three respondents called knowledge information that had been "internalized." Another referred to it as "information with context."
No respondents saw the terms as synonymous and the majority used the exact terms "meaning" and "value" in association with the concept "knowledge." One respondent referred to knowledge as "vibrant" and "fluid." "Information," on the other hand, is "static" and comprised of "uninterpretted data," "facts," or "discrete items." According to the responses, only when information is "applied," "synthesized," "contextualized" and/or "combined with experience," does it become "knowledge."
Thank you to all who responded. Your comments have been very helpful.
Best, Brenda
-- Brenda L. Battleson Head, Print Periodicals/Serials Acquisitions Dept. University at Buffalo 134 Lockwood Library Buffalo, NY 14260-2210 716.645.2305 (voice) 716.645.5955 (fax)
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on 10/12/05 1:27 AM, clifford tatum at clifford@u.washington.edu wrote:
can you -- or anyone else on the list -- point me to references on the distinction between information and knowledge?
here are two that i know of:
It sounds like you are talking about DIKW hierarchy? The seminal work: Ackoff, R. L., "From Data to Wisdom", Journal of Applies Systems Analysis, Volume 16, 1989 p 3-9. See http://www-personal.si.umich.edu/~nsharma/dikw_origin.htm for a history on the development of this approach. Best, Michael -- Michael Arnold Mages mailto:marnoldm@du.edu Digital Media Studies University of Denver, USA --
This is my favourite: Stenmark, D. (2002). Information vs. Knowledge: The Role of intranets in Knowledge Management. Proceedings of HICSS-35, Hawaii, January 7-10, 2002. Online at http://w3.informatik.gu.se/~dixi/publ/ddoml02.pdf The title sounds more technical than the paper is; includes an overview of definitions of data/information/knowledge in some published work. Lilia -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lilia Efimova PhD researcher, Telematica Instituut Telematica Instituut: http://www.telin.nl PhD: http://iceberg.telin.nl Weblog: http://blog.mathemagenic.com On 10/12/05, clifford tatum <clifford@u.washington.edu> wrote:
greetings all,
brenda - thanks for sharing your summary. i'm also interested in this topic (for my dissertation research).
can you -- or anyone else on the list -- point me to references on the distinction between information and knowledge?
here are two that i know of:
Raynes–Goldie, Kate (2004) Pulling sense out of today's informational chaos: LiveJournal as a site of knowledge creation and sharing. First Monday, volume 9, number 12 (December 2004) http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_12/raynes/index.html
Stehr, Nico (2005), knowledge politics: governing the consequences of science and technology. Boulder: Paradigm Publishers. (found on pp 31- 36)
thanks, clifford
--- Clifford Tatum Doctoral Student Dept. of Communication University of Washington clifford@u.washington.edu
On Oct 11, 2005, at 6:54 PM, blb@buffalo.edu wrote:
Hello everyone,
I recently requested your opinions on the differences between "information" and "knowledge." Here is a summary of the 31 responses received.
For the most part, respondents were in agreement that information is a component of knowledge. Many equated "information" with "raw facts" or "data" and saw "knowledge" as having with more "meaning." Knowledge is the "application of information." Three respondents called knowledge information that had been "internalized." Another referred to it as "information with context."
No respondents saw the terms as synonymous and the majority used the exact terms "meaning" and "value" in association with the concept "knowledge." One respondent referred to knowledge as "vibrant" and "fluid." "Information," on the other hand, is "static" and comprised of "uninterpretted data," "facts," or "discrete items." According to the responses, only when information is "applied," "synthesized," "contextualized" and/or "combined with experience," does it become "knowledge."
Thank you to all who responded. Your comments have been very helpful.
Best, Brenda
-- Brenda L. Battleson Head, Print Periodicals/Serials Acquisitions Dept. University at Buffalo 134 Lockwood Library Buffalo, NY 14260-2210 716.645.2305 (voice) 716.645.5955 (fax)
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