"information" is not a substance or concrete entity but rather a relationship between sets or ensembles of structured variety. - Walter F. Buckley

# A viewpoint that gets at the heart of sociology because it sees the sociocultural system in terms of information and communication nets;

# "An operationally definable, objective, non-anthropomorphic study of purposiveness, goal-seeking system behavior, symbolic cognitive processes, consciousness and self-awareness, and sociocultural emergence and dynamics in general.

As a suggested working definition, we may define power as control or influence over the actions of others to promote one's goals without their consent, against their "will," or without their knowledge or understanding.