Information, Vol. 2 Book

	Foreword	vii
	Preface	viii
1.	Information in Communication Science	1
	Concepts	1
	Information in Recent Communication Literature	3
	The Mathematical Theory of Communication	5
	Historical Perspective	6
	Signal Transmission as Metaphor	8
	Matching Concept to Theory	9
2.	Communication: Signal Transmission and Interpretation	10
	Communication	10
	Signal Transmission	11
	Interpretation	16
	Data, Relevance, and Information	18
3.	Measuring the Variety of a Set	20
	The Power of a Code	21
	A Basic Metric: The Binary Set	22
	Codes with Unequal Distribution of Elements	27
	What H Measures	30
	Some Useful Characteristics of H	32
4.	Redundancy: How Structure Affects Variety	32
	Code Efficiency	33
	Redundancy	33
	Structure	35
	How Internal Structure Contributes to Communication	36
	How Internal Structure Affects H	38
5.	Structure and Relevance	42
	The Structure of the Transmission System	43
	The Structure of a Message	47
	Social Structure	47
6.	Uncertainty	50
	Defining Uncertainty	50
	Uncertainty and False Paradoxes	53
	Managing Uncertainty in Human Communication	55
	Uncertainty in Communication: Causes and Remedies	57
	Measuring Uncertainty	60
7.	Summary: Distinctions and Connections	61
	Distinctions	62
	Connections	65
	References	68
	Author Index	73
	About the Author	75