Exploring the Metaphor of Information under the Context of Information Science Research: A Co-words Analysis
Author(s) -
Guan Ai-ping,
Chong Gao,
Tongtong Zhang,
Wenjie Zhou
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
procedia computer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.334
H-Index - 76
ISSN - 1877-0509
DOI - 10.1016/j.procs.2018.04.319
Subject(s) - computer science , context (archaeology) , metaphor , information retrieval , data science , natural language , foundation (evidence) , information science , process (computing) , natural language processing , linguistics , library science , history , paleontology , philosophy , archaeology , biology , operating system
Present study intends to explore the various definitions of information via co-words analysis procedure based on the Natural Language Process (NLP). 3593 academic papers from an academic database, LISTA, are covered. In short, present study proposes four types of information definitions based on co-words for full spectrum analysis on abstracts of scientific papers under the context of Information Science research as: information as records, information as individual experience, information as the update of data or as the foundation of knowledge and information as ability of individuals.
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