I. E. Richards

I.E. Richards was a British information theorist who studied how people find and understand information. He is best known for developing models that describe communication as a process involving a sender, a message, and a receiver, highlighting the importance of clarity and context. Richards emphasized that effective communication depends on shared understanding and that there are potential barriers like misunderstandings and noise. His work laid foundations for modern information science, emphasizing systematic approaches to searching, decoding, and interpreting information, ultimately improving how information is transmitted and received across various fields.