Some highlights in the history of information optics

2003 ◽  
Vol 149 (4) ◽  
pp. 269-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
E Leith
Keyword(s):  
Information Optics ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Information

Media Manipulation in Interwar France: Evidence from the Archive of Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas, 1914–1937

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-36
Author(s):  
MARC FLANDREAU ◽  
FRÉDÉRIC ZUMER
Keyword(s):  
Interwar Period ◽  
Political History ◽  
Investment Bank ◽  
Quantitative Evidence ◽  
Media Control ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Archival Material ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Information ◽  
Media Manipulation

AbstractThis article shows how one can read political history from evidence on corporate corruption. The study exploits newly discovered archival material from Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas, a politically connected investment bank. We contribute to current research by replacing existing conjectures with precise qualitative and quantitative evidence. After reviewing previous works and providing a sketch of information repression and media control in France during the interwar period, we argue that the study of patterns of ‘informational criminality’ provides an original entry to the writing of political history and the history of information.

scholarly journals Blockchain: Capabilities, Economic Viability, and the Socio-Technical Environment

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nils Braun-Dubler ◽  
Hans-Peter Gier ◽  
Tetiana Bulatnikova ◽  
Manuel Langhart ◽  
Manuela Merki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Spaces ◽  
Early History ◽  
Economic Viability ◽  
Economic Potential ◽  
Key Technology ◽  
The Social ◽  
Real World Applications ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Information ◽  
The Impact

Blockchain is widely considered a new key technology. The Foundation for Technology Assessment (TA-SWISS) has proposed a comprehensive assessment of blockchain technologies. With this publication, TA-SWISS provides the much-needed social contextualisation of blockchain. The first, more technical part of the study takes an in-depth look at how blockchain functions and examines the economic potential of this technology. By analysing multiple real-world applications, the study sheds light on where the blockchain has advantages over traditional applications and where existing technologies continue to be the better solution. The second part of the study examines how blockchain became mainstream. It explores the origins of blockchain in the early history of information technology and computer networks. The study also reveals the impact blockchain has on industrial and public spaces. Finally, it discusses the social implications and challenges of blockchain against the background of a new socio-technical environment.

The Stages Model and the Phases of the IS Field

1994 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Friedman
Keyword(s):  
Computer Usage ◽  
Systems Management ◽  
Critical Problem ◽  
Information Systems Management ◽  
Internal Time ◽  
Education Resources ◽  
New Directions ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Information ◽  
Research And Education

We argue that the organization's internal time-path of computer usage should be located in a context of changes in the IS field as a whole. A model of the history of information systems management within user organizations is presented here, which specifies a series of phases the IS field has gone through. Each phase is defined by a critical problem or set of constraints. The phases model can be used to predict new pressures on IS executives and new directions for focusing research and education resources as well as supplementing Nolan's stages model of computer usage within organizations.

A Critical Review of Information Technology Innovations

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 63-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruben Xing ◽  
John Wang ◽  
Qiyang Chen
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Technology Innovations ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Information ◽  
Key Terms ◽  
National Competitive Advantage

The authors critically review the history of information technology innovations, from a national competitive advantage perspective. Definitions of key terms are grounded in a thorough literature review, to inform a future meta-analysis. The authors identify the most significant US-based innovations, which in turn are driving future IT development. Propositions are generated for future IT-related studies.

Automating the audience commodity: The unacknowledged ancestry of programmatic advertising

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 2366-2385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee McGuigan
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Data Processing ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Mathematical Optimization ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Digital Data ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Commercial Media ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Information

Programmatic advertising describes techniques for automating and optimizing transactions in the audience marketplace. Facilitating real-time bidding for audience impressions and personalized targeting, programmatic technologies are at the leading edge of digital, data-driven advertising. But almost no research considers programmatic advertising within a general history of information technology in commercial media industries. The computerization of advertising and media buying remains curiously unexamined. Using archival sources, this study situates programmatic advertising within a longer trajectory, focusing on the incorporation of electronic data processing into the spot television business, starting in the 1950s. The article makes three contributions: it illustrates that (1) demands for information, data processing, and rapid communications have long been central to advertising and media buying; (2) automation “ad tech” developed gradually through efforts to coordinate and accelerate transactions; and (3) the use of computers to increase efficiency and approach mathematical optimization reformatted calculative resources for media and marketing decisions.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document