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Attia, Abdel-Hameed M., Application of Information
Theory Concepts in the Investigation of the Growth Pattern
of Production, Distribution, and Velocity of Information^
Doctor of Philosophy (Business Computer Information
Systems), August, 1987, 243 pp., 29 tables, 10
illustrations, bibliography, 32 titles.
The objective of this research is the investigation of
the patterns of information growth to test whether there has
been an "information explosion." To tackle the main
problem, there are three issues which need to be addressed:
(1) the concept of information dimensionality; (2)
determination of common parameters to measure the amount of
information within each dimension; and (3) a working
definition of "explosiveness. "
The independent variable is time. The dependent
variables are: (1) information production--operationalized
by the yearly growth of copyrights, inventions, designs,
Doctorates, and Library of Congress holdings; (2)
information distribution—operationalized by the yearly
growth of telephones, miles of telephone wire, radio and
television stations, and post offices; (3) information
flow--operationali3ed by the yearly growth of average daily
telephone conversations, pieces of matter handled in post
offices, number of periodicals, number of radio and
television sets, and number of books.
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Attia, Abdel-Hameed M. (Abdel-Hameed Mohammed). Application of Information Theory Concepts in the Investigation of the Growth Pattern of Production, Distribution and Velocity of Information, dissertation, August 1987; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331792/m1/2/: accessed April 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .