Media, Information and Technoculture 2200F/G Lecture Notes - Alien Language, Chinese Whispers, Mind Map
17 Nov 2011
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Email, weather network, brain signals, syllabus, etc. Thermostats regulate the temperature of a room based on the information output. Knowledge (is organized use of info, not info) World is governed by information and organizational strategies. If you had all the information in the world you would have nothing. So information is everything and nothing at the same time. Hard question, like asking what is the meaning of life Public information is tended by many intermediaries (soldier-general-writer-boss-editor- public) Willful modifications include selective additions and omissions, censorship, Credible information of weapons in iraq led to 2003 invasion. People didn"t question it as being unreliable info. Further step in development of info. theory. Through use of patterns info can be more predictable/useful. Part is fair representation of whole - how statistical data is calculated. Nation voting odds - sample of people, not everyone. Triangle with info, organization, control on the corners.
