Document studies in the context of theory of communication: A review of the textbook

Abstract

The third edition of the textbook in the document studies prepared by Professor N. S. Larkov [1], Dr. Sc. (History), Tomsk State University. The communication approach towards defining document as an information message is analyzed. The problems of applying communication method popular in technological sciences are revealed. The author proves that documents are social information communication objects which has to be reflected in the term definition. The necessity for transfer from the theory of communications to the theory of social communications contemplating society institutional structure is justified. The author emphasizes that within the social context, documents as information resources can be used only if trusted in relation to its semantic symmetry.