The four dimensions are:
1. Structure - information can come in various physical forms and
poured into different kinds of vessels and carriers. It can be
continuous or segmented, cyclical (periodic) or punctuated, repetitive
or new, etc. The structure often determines what of the information (if
at all) will be remembered and how. It encompasses not only the mode of
presentation, but also the modules and the rules of interaction between
them (the hermeneutic principles, the rules of structural
interpretation, which is the result of spatial, syntactic and
grammatical conjunction).
2. Content - This incorporates both ontological and epistemological
elements. In other words: both "hard" data, which should, in principle,
be verifiable through the employment of objective, scientific, methods
- and "soft" data, the interpretation offered with the hard data. The
soft data is a derivative of a "message", in the broader sense of the
term. A message comprises both world-view (theory) and an action and
direction-inducing element.
3. Provision - The intentional input of structured content into
information channels. The timing of this action, the quantities of data
fed into the channels, their qualities - all are part of the equation
of provision.
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