Trace of Communication Science Theories in Knowledge and Information Science

Abstract

The relationship between “Knowledge and Information Science” and other areas such as Communication Science is one of the issues that information specialists with should pay special attention. The scientists of these two fields are interested in communicating each other because they can utilize each others knowledge very well. This connection can be achieved by identifying similarities, differences, and how to apply the concept or concepts of an area within the other. This study was an unsystematic review conducted in 2014 by searching relative keywords in the Science Direct, Web of Science, Emerald, Magiran and SID databases. Communication Science theories and their applications in the field of Knowledge and Information Sciences will be discussed in this paper.

Keywords

• knowledge and information science
• communication science
• theories