2003SpringQ4

Question #4
There are many fields or disciplines that are concerned with the study of information as a theoretical object (e.g. computer science, physics, psychology, engineering, communications, etc.). Information science is related to many of these fields as it has drawn from their many theoretical and methodological approaches.

Identify and clearly define the characteristics of information that make it difficult to study as a theoretical object. Consider problems of definition and measurement and explain how information science addresses these problems. What is it about information that makes it difficult to define and measure? Does information science have paradigms that server to address some of these problems? What role does a paradigm play in the definition of science? Is information science a paradigmatic science?