Message 35

The word “Layers” refers to the deferent layers within a communications system—such as an organization’s or person’s website—that together make communication possible. The idea of “Layers” is attributed to Yochai Benkler, Professor of Law at New York University, who first used it to describe a communications system that is divided in three distinct layers: 1. The “physical” layer across which communication travels, i.e. the computer and wires that link information processors to the Internet. 2. The “logical” or “code” layer, i.e. the code and software that make the hardware processes the information. 3. The “content” layer, i.e. the information per se.