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Informing Science + IT Education Conference 2003 Proceedings
| Informing Science + IT Education Conference |
| Pori, Finland June 24-27, 2003 |
| Information Science: Science about Information, Misinformation and Disinformation |
| Miroslav Tudjman and Nives Mikelic |
| University of Zagreb, Croatia |
| University of Zagreb, Croatia |
| Participants in interactions (particularly in interactive network media (WWW) aim to change their inten-tions, |
| goals, decisions and actions - as well as those of other participants in communication. Integrity of information is |
| therefore disturbed; changes are manifested as technical, semantic and social errors and lead to the creation of |
| information, misinformation and disinformation. These become legitimate points of interest in Information |
| Science. Criteria for differentiation among information, misinformation and disinformation are suggested based on |
| their value for different participants in interaction. Therefore, the notion of relevance needs to be redefined and |
| efficiency of information is analyzed from the point of view of participants in the communication process. |
| Usability of information is a measure of efficiency of the information process as judged by the user. Relevance is an |
| accepted term for measuring information usability by the user. Usefulness of information is a measure of sender's |
| efficiency regarding the deci-sion-making processes and actions of the information user. Usefulness is a measure of |
| the actual effect of the author (source) of information on the choice of goals, decisions and actions of the |
| Keywords: Information Science, Information, Misinformation, Disinformation, Efficiency, Usability, Relevance, |
ISSN
1535-07-03
Unless otherwise indicated, this paper has undergone blind external review by three or more reviewers.
Types of Papers: A Best Paper, Regular Paper, Short Paper, Informal Paper,
Unrefereed Panel Paper
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