Initially, attempting to answer this question seems like a daunting task. This is something I have never considered to ask or have been asked before.
Information has many different meanings. According to Edward M. Housman's poem, The Nature of Information, information comes in two forms, biological and physical. He writes also that "information can be expressed in different ways: a voice, a letter." The best description Housman writes is, in my opinion, "information is the substance that passes between us when I tell you something."
I wanted to take a deeper look into what scholars were saying about information. I found an article on Svieby Knowledge Associates website. In an article entitled, What is Information?, Karl Sveiby proposes that "The way the word information is used can refer to both "facts" in themselves and the transmission of the facts." Sveiby goes on to critique other scholars' definition of knowledge.
After reading through this article as well as many others, I have come to the conclusion that I agree most with Housman. Simply and plainly stated, "Information is the substance that passes between us when I tell you something."
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