?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F2759%2F&rft.title=The+self-organization+of+meaning+and+the+reflexive+communication+of+information&rft.creator=Leydesdorff%2C+Loet&rft.creator=Ivanova%2C+Inga&rft.creator=Petersen%2C+Alexander+M.&rft.subject=H+Social+Sciences+(General)&rft.subject=HA+Statistics&rft.subject=QA+Mathematics&rft.description=Following+a+suggestion+of+Warren+Weaver%2C+we+extend+the+Shannon+model+of+communication+piecemeal+into+a+complex+systems+model+in+which+communication+is+differentiated+both+vertically+and+horizontally.+This+model+enables+us+to+bridge+the+divide+between+Niklas+Luhmann%E2%80%99s+theory+of+the+self-organization+of+meaning+in+communications+and+empirical+research+using+information+theory.+First%2C+we+distinguish+between+communication+relations+and+correlations+between+patterns+of+relations.+The+correlations+span+a+vector+space+in+which+relations+are+positioned+and+thus+provided+with+meaning.+Second%2C+positions+provide+reflexive+perspectives.+Whereas+the+different+meanings+are+integrated+locally%2C+each+instantiation+opens+horizons+of+meaning+that+can+be+codified+along+eigenvectors+of+the+communication+matrix.+The+next-order+specification+of+codified+meaning+can+generate+redundancies+(as+feedback+on+the+forward+arrow+of+entropy+production).+The+horizontal+differentiation+among+the+codes+of+communication+enables+us+to+quantify+the+creation+of+new+options+as+mutual+redundancy.+Increases+in+redundancy+can+then+be+measured+as+local+reduction+of+prevailing+uncertainty+(in+bits).+The+generation+of+options+can+also+be+considered+as+a+hallmark+of+the+knowledge-based+economy%3A+new+knowledge+provides+new+options.+Both+the+communication-theoretical+and+the+operational+(information-theoretical)+perspectives.&rft.publisher=ArXiv&rft.date=2015-07&rft.type=Working+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.rights=cc_by_nc&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F2759%2F1%2F1507.05251.pdf&rft.identifier=++Leydesdorff%2C+Loet+and+Ivanova%2C+Inga+and+Petersen%2C+Alexander+M.++The+self-organization+of+meaning+and+the+reflexive+communication+of+information.++Working+Paper+++ArXiv+++++++(Submitted)+++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Farxiv.org%2Fabs%2F1507.05251