Information Literacy and Autonomy - A Cognitive View

Information literacy and autonomy have become key values for the image of man in a society that is increasingly shaped by digitalization and artificial intelligence. The purpose of this book is to describe abstraction, analogy, inference, plausibility and creativity as basic skills of cognitive information processing and prerequisites for autonomous informational action.

About the author

Winfried Gödert, Erfweiler; Klaus Lepsky, TH Köln.

Summary

Information literacy and autonomy have become key values for the image of man in a society that is increasingly shaped by digitalization and artificial intelligence. The purpose of this book is to describe abstraction, analogy, inference, plausibility and creativity as basic skills of cognitive information processing and prerequisites for autonomous informational action.

Product details

• Authors: Winfried Gödert, Klaus Lepsky
• Publisher: De Gruyter Saur
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.10.2024
• EAN: 9783111619644
• ISBN: 978-3-11-161964-4
• No. of pages: 12
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 14 mm x 230 mm
• Weight: 517 g
• Illustrations: 24 b/w ill., 9 b/w tbl.
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Book trade, library system; Media Studies, Informationswissenschaft, Informationskompetenz, SOC000000 SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Library & Information Sciences, Information Literacy, Paperback Project, SOC052000 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, SOC026040 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, information science