scholarly journals From technology speculation to value creation: The changing discourse and actants in the construction of IoT on Twitter

First Monday ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathilda Åkerlund ◽  
Daniel Nylén
Keyword(s):  
Value Creation ◽  
Service Innovation ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Technological Concepts ◽  
Twitter Users ◽  
Human Actors ◽  
The Internet Of Things ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Do So

The Internet of Things (IoT) is rapidly becoming an important technology, affecting our everyday lives, and is predicted to do so even more extensively in the coming years. Still, the concept remains somewhat fuzzy. As IoT continues to grow in importance and scope, so does the need to understand how the concept is used and what it represents. This study analyzes over nine million tweets over an extended sample period, applying a mixed methods approach to investigate how IoT is understood on Twitter over time, and importantly, the human and non-human actors that were prolific in shaping the discourse. The findings reveal a changing focus within the IoT discourse over time — from a primary technological, engineering perspective to one which highlighted practical implementations and particularly ways of leveraging IoT solutions to cultivate service innovation and generate novel forms of value creation. The scholarly community is not keeping up with this change. Furthermore, the analysis shows that over time, bots become increasingly prominent in tweeting IoT-related content, at the expense of individual Twitter users. This finding puts into new light the question of who shapes emerging technological concepts and the accountability and agency of bots.

scholarly journals Trends in the Internet of Things

TecnoLógicas ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (44) ◽  
pp. I-II ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Botero Valencia ◽  
Luis Castaño Londoño ◽  
David Marquez Viloria
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
New Vision ◽  
General Aspects ◽  
The Internet Of Things ◽  
Do So ◽  
Scientific And Technological Development

The Internet of Things continues to set the pace of many aspects of the scientific and technological development worldwide. Moreover, it is expected to do so, at least, for the next ten years, according to forecasts that predict trillions of devices connected to the Internet [1]. In addition to influencing different factors of people’s daily lives, this new vision of the world poses a series of challenges and opportunities that have an effect on general aspects of the economy and politics.

scholarly journals IOT Based Wheeled Robotic Arm

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.24) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Abhilash V ◽  
P K.Mani
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Energy Efficient ◽  
Robotic Arm ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Legged Robot ◽  
Major Field ◽  
Wheeled Robot ◽  
Pick And Place ◽  
The Internet Of Things ◽  
Do So

The Internet of Things (IoT) is one major field which is fast developing now a days. The IoT means the connection or controlling of an equipment using internet. The another field everyone attracted is towards the robotics. Everyone wants to use a robot because they can do things what we can only imagine to do so. Here in this project we are blending the IoT with the robotics. The robot is controlled by the IoT here. The robot used here is the wheeled robot. Because it is easy to use a wheeled robot in a smooth and hard surface, and it is more energy efficient than the legged robot. The basic motive of the robot here is to pic and place an object from one place to another. This paper discuss about the pick and place wheeled robotic arm which is controlling using the Internet of Things.  

The Internet of Things and Beyond: Rise of the Non-Human Actors

2020 ◽  
pp. 1286-1297
Author(s):  
Arthur Tatnall ◽  
Bill Davey
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Science Fiction ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The Past ◽  
Business Information ◽  
Healthcare It ◽  
Human Actors ◽  
The Internet Of Things ◽  
And Robotics

In the past, it was rare for non-humans to interact with each other without any involvement by humans, but this is changing. The Internet of Things (IoT) involves connections of physical things to the Internet. It is largely about the relationships between things, or non-humans actors. In other cases the ‘Things' seem to have inordinate power. The authors will ask: where does this leave humans? Are the things taking over? As a consideration of interactions like this must be a socio-technical one, in this article the authors will make use of Actor-Network Theory to frame the discussion. While the original applications for IoT technology were in areas such as supply chain management and logistics, now many more examples can be found ranging from control of home appliances to healthcare. It is expected that the ‘Things' will become active participants in business, information and social processes and that they will communicate among themselves by exchanging data sensed from the environment, while reacting autonomously. The Things will continue to develop identities and virtual personalities. In the past non-human actors have needed humans to interact with each other, but this is not the case anymore. In this perhaps provocative and rather speculative article we will look not just at the Internet of Things, but other related concepts such as artificial intelligence and robotics and make use of scenarios from science fiction to investigate the Rise of the Non-Human Actors and where this may lead in the future.

Web Tools as Actors

2014 ◽  
pp. 252-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur Adamopoulos ◽  
Martin Dick ◽  
Bill Davey
Keyword(s):  
Network Theory ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Online Services ◽  
Noticeable Effect ◽  
Web Tools ◽  
Human Actors ◽  
Changes Over Time ◽  
Online Investing ◽  
Over Time

Often actor-network theory studies find that technology has been translated through its relationships with human actors. This chapter reports on a study of online investing that found that the human actors were translated to more active and involved investors due to the changes, over time, in the online services that are available: the non-human actors. The Internet is a constantly evolving technological actor. New tools have the potential to change interactions with users. In this study, it became evident that new services had a noticeable effect on the behaviour of investors. Not only did investors report changes in their behaviour when they moved from offline to online investing, but they also reported changes in their investing strategies over time as new services became available. This study showed a new and interesting confirmation of the value of allowing non-human actors to be heard.

Participation in the Standards Organizations Developing the Internet of Things

2020 ◽  
pp. 117-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justus Alexander Baron
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Ieee 802.11 ◽  
Policy Change ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Patent Policy ◽  
Development Organizations ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
The Internet Of Things ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Standard Development

This chapter explores patterns and recent trends in meeting attendance at four standard development organizations (SDO): 3GPP, IETF, IEEE 802.11, and One M2M. Average meeting attendance has slightly increased over the last two decades. It is rare for individuals to attend meetings in different SDOs. IETF has the least attendee overlap with other SDOs and the lowest attendee affiliation concentration. Nevertheless, 3GPP attendance has become more diverse and IETF attendance more concentrated. The affiliations of attendees of 3GPP and IETF have become more similar over time while OneM2M attendance has become more distinct from other SDOs. IEEE 802.11 attendance has become significantly less diverse since 2007. Until 2014, there was a significant convergence with 3GPP. Since 2014, this trend has reversed, and attendance at IEEE 802.11 has become more similar to IETF. The author explores implications of the described evidence for differences between telecommunications and internet standardization, companies' standardization strategies, and consequences of the patent policy change at IEEE.

Rise of the Non-Human Actors

2019 ◽  
pp. 138-155
Author(s):  
Arthur Tatnall ◽  
Bill Davey
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Business Information ◽  
Healthcare It ◽  
Human Actors ◽  
The Internet Of Things

The internet of things (IoT) involves connections of physical things to the internet. It is largely about the relationships between things, or non-human actors. In the past, it was rare for non-humans to interact with each other without any involvement by humans, but this has changed and the “things” sometimes seem to have inordinate power. Where does this leave humans? Are the things taking over? As a consideration of interactions like this must be a socio-technical one, in this chapter, the authors make use of actor-network theory to frame the discussion. While the first applications for IoT technology were in areas such as supply chain management and logistics, many more examples now can be found ranging from control of home appliances to healthcare. It is expected that the “things” will become active participants in business, information, and social processes, and that they will communicate among themselves by exchanging data sensed from the environment, while reacting autonomously.

scholarly journals Port Strategy for Sustainable Development: Circularization and Value Creation—Introduction to a Special Issue

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (23) ◽  
pp. 9914
Author(s):  
Elvira Haezendonck
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
The Internet Of Things

Today, most large port hubs embrace the circular economy (CE) transformation challenge, and include this together with smart digitalization and the Internet of Things (IoT) in their strategic priorities [...]

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