Emotion, information and cognition and some possible consequences for Library and Information Science

Torkild Leo Thellefsen, Martin Thellefsen, Bent Sørensen

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Abstract

We present our semeiotic-inspired concept of information as 1 of 3 important elements in meaning creation, the 2 other concepts being emotion and cognition. We have the inner world (emotion); we have the outer world (information); and cognition mediates between the two. We analyze the 3 elements in relation to communication and discuss the semeiotics-inspired communication model, the Dynacom; then, we discuss our semeiotic perspective on the meaning-creation process and communication with regard to a few, but central, elements in library and information science, namely, the systems-oriented perspective, the user-oriented perspective, and a domain-oriented perspective.

Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Volume64
Issue number8
Pages (from-to)1735-1750
Number of pages16
ISSN2330-1635
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2013

Keywords

  • Faculty of Humanities

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