Processing of information is a cognitive activity that is manifested through thoughts and actions. Cognition is, therefore, an important field of study for Information Science thus part of the Information Science Space.
The expansion of computer technologies in the 1950s boosted Cognitive Science. Cognitive theories, models and systems would be implemented and tested quickly and easily. As computer information systems gained territory in daily life, their role in society cannot be denied.
The field of study known as human-computer interaction (HCI), as several others in the interface of computer technology with humans and with information, has established the bona-fide inclusion of computer technology in the Information Science Space.
NOTE: The study of computer technology takes place in a family of fields under different disciplines such as computer science and information systems.
Because human life does not take place in a vacuum but is part of an interactive community, several other sociological aspects emerge. Various components of this rich human-to-human and human-to information interactions are substantive for multiple disciplines from the humanities to the social sciences. This is the reason why the study of Information Science is a multidisciplinary study.
Several fundamental issues:
- Is it true that living organisms are consumers of information?
- If so, one could ask if there are any types of human processes and behavior not immediately related to information.
- One can define information processing very broadly so as to include breathing, or very narrowly so as to include memorization.
- Information science is not only concerned with information use but also with all processes related to information.
- Understanding the use of information and other information processes remains difficult in part due to the lack of agreement about how specifically information needs to be defined and operate upon.
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