Buckland's Article 'Information As A Thing'

Information as a thing reponse

In Buckland’s article, Information as a Thing, he describes the use of the term ‘information’ in three different ways. Information-as-process in which the gain of information objectively changes the knowledge of the receiver of said information. Essentially, information-as-process is being knowledgable about something. An example of this in my life would be often applicable knowledge of the outdoors: I am often able to contribute to conversations about the outdoors because of the information I possess on the subject.
Information-as-knowledge, the second use of the term, indicates that information can act as an intangible thing, unable to be expressed through physical objects, but instead through description,