Transmission by Hari Kunzru,"'informatics,' said Bocca, without looking up" (234)

Informatics combines information processing with the science of information. It is the study of the behavior, structures and interactions of biological and mechanical systems that retain, communicate, or process information. It is filled with a variety of theoretical foundations, but they mostly all boils down to the communication and storage of information. Informatics focuses on a social, mechanical, and individual level.

http://www.informatics-review.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informatics