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This book is conceived as an introductory text into the theory of syntactic and semantic information, and information flow. Syntactic information theory is concerned with the information contained in the very fact that some signal has a non-random structure. Semantic information theory is concerned with the meaning or information content of messages and the like. The theory of information flow is concerned with deriving some piece of information from another. The main part will take us to situation semantics as a foundation of modern approaches in information theory. We give a brief overview of the background theory and then explain the concepts of information, information architecture and information flow from that perspective.

Freedom of information. --- Freedom of information --- Information, Freedom of --- Liberty of information --- Right to know --- Civil rights --- Freedom of speech --- Intellectual freedom --- Telecommunication --- Law and legislation

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"Voss-Hubbard offers not only a persuasive explanation for the rise and fall of the Know-Nothings but also provides valuable insights into the political culture of the pre-Civil War North." -- History: Review of New Books.

Populism --- Political science --- History --- American Party. --- Native American Party --- Order of the Star Spangled Banner --- Know-Nothing Party --- Know Nothings --- United States --- Essex County (Mass.) --- New London County (Conn.) --- Dauphin County (Pa.) --- Dauphin Co., Pa. --- New London Co., Conn. --- Essex Co., Mass. --- Politics and government

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Author(s)Brown, JamesLanguageEnglishShow full item recordLiving in a networked world means never really getting to decide in any thoroughgoing way who or what enters your “space” (your laptop, your iPhone, your thermostat . . . your home). With this as a basic frame-of-reference, James J. Brown’s Ethical Programs examines and explores the rhetorical potential and problems of a hospitality ethos suited to a new era of hosts and guests. Brown reads a range of computational strategies and actors, from the general principles underwriting the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), which determines how packets of information can travel through the internet, to the Obama election campaign’s use of the power of protocols to reach voters, harvest their data, incentivize and, ultimately, shape their participation in the campaign. In demonstrating the kind of rhetorical spaces networked software establishes and the access it permits, prevents, and molds, Brown makes a significant contribution to the emergent discourse of software studies as a major component of efforts in broad fields including media studies, rhetorical studies, and cultural studies.

Internet --- Freedom of information. --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Freedom of information --- Information, Freedom of --- Liberty of information --- Right to know --- Civil rights --- Freedom of speech --- Intellectual freedom --- Telecommunication --- Law and legislation

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Why have Americans expressed concern about immigration at some times but not at others? In pursuit of an answer, this book examines America’s first nativist movement, which responded to the rapid influx of 4.2 million immigrants between 1840 and 1860 and culminated in the dramatic rise of the National American Party. As previous studies have focused on the coasts, historians have not yet completely explained why westerners joined the ranks of the National American, or “Know Nothing,” Party or why the nation’s bloodiest anti-immigrant riots erupted in western cities—namely Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville, and St. Louis. In focusing on the antebellum West, Inventing America’s First Immigration Crisis illuminates the cultural, economic, and political issues that originally motivated American nativism and explains how it ultimately shaped the political relationship between church and state.In six detailed chapters, Ritter explains how unprecedented immigration from Europe and rapid westward expansion reignited fears of Catholicism as a corrosive force. He presents new research on the inner sanctums of the secretive Order of Know-Nothings and provides original data on immigration, crime, and poverty in the urban West. Ritter argues that the country’s first bout of political nativism actually renewed Americans’ commitment to church-state separation. Native-born Americans compelled Catholics and immigrants, who might have otherwise shared an affinity for monarchism, to accept American-style democracy. Catholics and immigrants forced Americans to adopt a more inclusive definition of religious freedom. This study offers valuable insight into the history of nativism in U.S. politics and sheds light on present-day concerns about immigration, particularly the role of anti-Islamic appeals in recent elections.

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The introduction of FOI in Ireland was a watershed moment in Irish democracy. It gave citizens a right to know, and abolished 80 years of official secrecy that had existed since the foundation of the State. This book examines the important contribution the legislation has made to the opening up of Irish democracy and society. It also assesses the extent to which FOI contributes to political reform.

Freedom of information --- Information, Freedom of --- Liberty of information --- Right to know --- Civil rights --- Freedom of speech --- Intellectual freedom --- Telecommunication --- Law and legislation --- Ireland. --- FOI Act 1997. --- Freedom of Information. --- Government accountability.