What is Information?

Information: a message received and understood
Information: a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn, "statistical data"
Information: knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction

Information: that which reduces uncertainty. (Claude Shannon)
Information: that which changes us. (Gregory Bateson)
Information must be something, although the exact nature isn't clear

Information must not be a repetition of previously received message
Information must be true; a lie or false or counterfactual information is mis-information.
Information must be about something.

Information Defined

Information is a message received and understood.
Information is a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
Information is statistical data.
Information is knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction.

“Information is that which reduces uncertainty.” Claude Shannon

Information must be something or about something, although the exact nature – substance, energy, or abstract concept – isn't clear.
Information is not a repetition of previously received message.
Information must be true. A lie or false or counterfactual information is mis-information

“Information is that which changes us.” Gregory Bateson