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Toward A Sociological Theory of Information
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In 1952 at Princeton University, Harold Garfinkel developed a sociological theory of information. Other prominent theories then being worked out at Princeton, including game theory, neglected the social elements of "information," modeling a rational individual whose success depends on completeness of both reason and information. In real life these conditions are not possible and these... Read more
Editor’s Introduction Anne Warfield Rawls, Garfinkel: Memo #3: Organizational Behavior Project, April 17, 1952, Introduction, I Various Conceptions of Information, II Some Desired Properties of the Thing Called “Information”, III The Conditions within Which a Definition of Information Will Be Sought, IV The “Object-in-General”, V The “Imbedded” Possibility of Experience, VI Some Preliminary Terms, VII A Working Definition of Information, VIII Kinds of Information, IX The Factors That Condition Information: Introduction, X Factors That Condition Information: (A) Factors of the Order of Possibilities, XI Factors That Condition Information: (B) Role Factors, XII Factors That Condition Information: (C) Factors of Communicative Work, XIII Factors That Condition Information: (D) Net-work Factors, XIV Summary of the Theory (Omitted), XV Problems and Theorems, Appendix 1 Memo #1 (undated): A Statement of the Problem of Communicative Strategies in Self-Maintaining Systems of Activity, Appendix 2 Memo #2, October 4, 1951: Some Problematical Areas in the Study of Communicative Work, Appendix 3 Research Proposal Draft (undated): Initial Proposal for Some Studies of the Determinants of the Effectiveness of the Communicative Work of Leaders, Appendix 4 Research Proposal Abstract, June 1953: Predicting the Effects of Time and Rate of Supervisory Succession upon Group Performance, Appendix 5 Research Report for Wilbert Moore, July 24, 1942: Bastrop Notes, Bibliography, Index, About the Author and Editor
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Garfinkel, Harold; Rawls, Anne
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