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Information as a cultural category
Interactions, 2005One of the questions that invariably comes up when discussing ambient intelligence is the thorny problem of just what the term might mean. It’s catchy and provocative, but attempts to define it tend to be unsatisfying. Sometimes, of course, a slogan of this sort can productively inspire without necessarily being crisply defined, and so it is with ...
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The Culture of Information and the Information of Culture
2014The Culture of Information refers to a cultural structure that strips away information from its meaning and conduces information to be seen as a commodity. In this chapter one of the main propositions is that today’s global society should be examined through the reality of information overload that makes it possible to filter and promote standardized ...
Elias G. Carayannis +2 more
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Information and culture - the impact of national culture on information processes
Journal of Information Science, 1999This paper analyses the impact of culture on information systems by applying findings of existing intercultural research in the area of sociology and management theory to this field. The model developed by the Dutch sociologist, Geert Hofstede, for comparing cultures is used in this work and is applied to the information processes to show the possible
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Information and culture: Cultural differences in the perception and recall of information
Library & Information Science Research, 2013Abstract Culture is found to play an important role in the perception and recall of information. Hypotheses based on the two cultural models (individualism and context) were tested using a 2 × 2 factorial between-subject experimental design: individualism/collectivism and high/low-context conditions. The subjects consisted of 82 American students and
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Is Information Ethics Culture-Relative?
International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction, 2007In this article, I examine whether information ethics is culture relative. If it is, different approaches to information ethics are required in different cultures and societies. This would have major implications for the current, predominantly Western approach to information ethics.
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From the Philosophy of Information to the Philosophy of Information Culture
The Information Society, 2009The contemporary world is experiencing an ongoing cultural change, made both distinctive and far-reaching by the centrality of information and information technologies. In light of this development, we propose a research path in the philosophy of information that could be called the philosophy of information culture(s). After a brief survey of the idea
Adam Briggle, Carl Mitcham
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Cultural transmission with incomplete information
Journal of Economic Theory, 2021zbMATH Open Web Interface contents unavailable due to conflicting licenses.
Sebastiano Della Lena +1 more
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Implicit Culture for Information Agents
2003Earlier work introduced the concept of Implicit Culture and its use in multi-agent systems. Implicit culture support can be seen as a generalization of Collaborative Filtering and it can improve agents' performances. In this paper, we present an implementation of a System for Implicit Culture Support, results obtained in a recommendation-problem domain,
Blanzieri, Enrico, Giorgini, Paolo
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Urban Studies, 2018
This article offers an ethnographic account of informality, showing the complicity between the formal sector and the informal economy. Taking the reader on a car journey of urban disorganisation and traffic jams in Mexico City, the analysis shows how informality has become part of an everyday social contract.
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This article offers an ethnographic account of informality, showing the complicity between the formal sector and the informal economy. Taking the reader on a car journey of urban disorganisation and traffic jams in Mexico City, the analysis shows how informality has become part of an everyday social contract.
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Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 1990
A few observations are offered about the relevance of communication, meaning, and identity in putting information work on a cultural ...
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A few observations are offered about the relevance of communication, meaning, and identity in putting information work on a cultural ...
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