Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Cleveland's 7 Characteristics of Information

There are 7 characteristics of information and they are human, expandable, compressible, substitutable, transportable, diffusive and shareable. (http://marytreacy.wordpress.com/2011/07/27/harlan-clevelands-characterization-of-information-as-a-resource/) Human is so much more complex compared to any other species, therefore this is saying how "human" is referring to the complex meaning for people as opposed to animals or machines. The second characteristic is expandable. Information in todays time is everywhere around you. Magazines, television, advertisements, to your left, to your right and everywhere in between. Therefore, information is always expanding. Compressible is the third characteristic. The fact that information is everywhere has been earlier stated, but how are we able to contain and maintain all of it so well? It's able to be compressed and summarized to where it's easier to comprehend. Substitute is the fourth characteristic. This shows how information in the robotic aspect has substituted robots/machines instead of a human doing jobs and certain services. The fifth is transportation. This is simply just how we are able to transport information so fast and efficient . I could send an email to a buddy in Germany before I could even ask the student beside me how his day is going. Diffusive is the sixth characteristic. Since information is so broad, the ability to contain it is trully amazing. The last characteristic is shareable. Perhaps the most simpliest characteristic, simply just the ability to share the information you learn. Daily talk, text messaging, news, and even social websites are all places to share information. The best excuse I can give is looking back on the snowy nights and mornings back in high school. Instead of going to a news channel and being forced to watch the whole agenda or going to their website, I simply just got on Facebook. If you have Facebook, you'll completely understand how news, whether it's local or even on a national level, is vented through Facebook constantly. These 7 characteristics are very crucial to know and to understand. Why? These are the key elements in searching for information, learning information, sharing information, applying information and just comprehending information in general.

1 comment:

  1. You content is good, Tyler! However, you didn't add the link, image, or video again, and have writing and grammar errors. Still, I'm glad you grasped Cleveland's concepts.

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