Prof. D. van der Westhuizen

The concern of this thesis is the role technology plays in organizational change. The specific issue addressed is the introduction of personal computers (PCs) into work organizations. A review of the literature suggested that both sociological and technological factors must be taken into account when discussing technological change. PC Week magazine contains strategies which various companies used in introducing personal computers. A thematic content analysis of PC Week was carried out to test certain hypotheses. The articles were also treated as contemporary historical documents. Questions addressed included whether PCs contribute to centralization or decentralization in organizations, whether PCs differ in their organizational effects to mainframes, whether PCs are more successful in some types of organizations than in others, and whether an "opinion leader" plays a significant role in the introduction of PCs. From the content analysis and the texts, it was concluded that technology did not determine organizational change. While technology determined the limits of certain tools (PCs), organizational goals determined how PCs were implemented. Limited support was drawn for the suggestion that an opinion leader played a role in PC introduction. Little support was gained for the remaining hypotheses. / Master of Science

Thesis: B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Political Science, 1976 / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 201-206). / by Jay Yablon. / B.S. / B.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Political Science

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2018-11-26T10:53:41Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Davi Junqueira Marin.pdf: 4237779 bytes, checksum: cfec1db3ec20ddca7dbf3060f65d2808 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-11-26T10:53:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Davi Junqueira Marin.pdf: 4237779 bytes, checksum: cfec1db3ec20ddca7dbf3060f65d2808 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-10-02 / Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo - PUCSP / The present dissertation aims to arrive at a concept of narrator that embraces all the complexity of electronic networks writing. In order to do so, Facebook was chosen as an object of study to illustrate the rationale presented together with the concepts debated not only by their amplitude in terms of diversity of use, but as a product that also symbolizes some unanimity in our research context within an even larger environment, which we call here the Galaxy of Zuckerberg in the wake of the works of Marshal McLuhan. Since Walter Benjamin establishes his criticism in The narrator, we seek an analysis of classic concepts from the typographic universe brought by authors such as Paul Ricoeur, mainly, and Gérard Genette and Roland Barthes in the background, along with Todorov. Although our chronology of work beeing ultra contemporary and very current, the debate of concepts goes back to classical antiquity, the Middle Ages and modern times marked by the emergence of the Gutenberg press, when begins the process Benjamin will call death of the experience or death of the narrator. In illustrating the analysis of what we are calling networked writing, of real time narrative through examples drawn from Facebook profiles, we mark the birth of this new media galaxy emerging at the apex of the twentieth century and that made the typography mature while shining at the same time new mechanical-electrical techniques of reproduction of arts and storytelling, or artificial reproduction of experience, as Benjamin puts it. Thus, by pairing great authors in their great works, such as McLuhan and Benjamin, we get an overview of what can be the new electronic age precisely from the study of the transposition of the mŷthos in Paul Ricoeur, through concepts such as point of view and time in the composition of narratives. The central idea is that new faces do not change old habits and that although new media bring in its core the need to review themes and conceptual updates, the core of questions and habits are timeless and always obey the same structure, regardless of their context or their technological support. Concluding poetically as the question is worked in the same way through the course, we will agree with Walter Benjamin on the death of the narrator, but we will also agree with Marshal McLuhan in saying that he may be reborn in his new global village / A presente dissertação tem por objetivo chegar a um conceito de narrador que abrace toda a complexidade das escritas nas redes eletrônicas. Para tanto, o Facebook foi eleito como objeto de estudo para ilustrar o raciocínio apresentado juntamente com os conceitos debatidos não apenas pela sua amplitude em termos de diversidade de uso, mas enquanto produto que também simboliza certa unanimidade em nosso contexto de pesquisa dentro de um ambiente ainda maior, o que chamamos aqui de Galáxia de Zuckerberg na esteira das obras de Marshal McLuhan. A partir da crítica que Walter Benjamin estabelece em O narrador, buscamos uma análise de conceitos clássicos provenientes do universo tipográfico trazidos por autores como Paul Ricoeur, principalmente, e Gérard Genette e Roland Barthes em segundo plano, juntamente com Todorov. Embora nossa cronologia de trabalho seja ultra contemporânea, atualíssima, o debate dos conceitos remonta a antiguidade clássica, a Idade Média e os tempos modernos marcados pelo surgimento da prensa de Gutenberg, quando se inicia o processo que Benjamin vai chamar de morte da experiência, ou morte do narrador. Ao ilustrarmos uma análise do que estamos chamando de escrita em rede, de narrativa real time através de exemplos extraídos de perfis do Facebook, demarcamos o nascimento dessa nova galáxia de mídia que surge no ápice do século XX e que fez amadurecer a tipografia ao mesmo tempo em que brilharam novas técnicas mecânico-elétricas de reprodução de artes e de contação de histórias, ou de reprodução artificial da experiência, como coloca Benjamin. Assim, ao emparelharmos grandes autores em suas grandes obras, como McLuhan e Benjamin, conseguimos uma visão de conjunto sobre o que pode ser a nova era eletrônica justamente a partir do estudo da transposição do mŷthos em Paul Ricoeur através de conceitos como ponto de vista e tempo na composição das narrativas. A ideia central é a de que novas faces não mudam os velhos hábitos, e que apesar de novas mídias trazerem em seu bojo a necessidade da revisão de temas e atualizações conceituais, o cerne das questões e os hábitos são atemporais e obedecem sempre a uma mesma estrutura, independente de seu contexto ou de seu suporte tecnológico. Concluindo de forma poética assim como é trabalhada a questão durante todo o percurso, vamos concordar com Walter Benjamin sobre a morte do narrador, mas vamos também concordar com Marshal McLuhan ao dizermos que ele pode estar renascido em sua nova aldeia global

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2017-12-15T11:39:10Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Alexandre Manduca.pdf: 3026030 bytes, checksum: 94b697bfa164d58710ac8f4ab0b4dcf2 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-12-15T11:39:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Alexandre Manduca.pdf: 3026030 bytes, checksum: 94b697bfa164d58710ac8f4ab0b4dcf2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-12-04 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The selection presented in this thesis is the construction of a new human being by means of Biopolitics and of such discourses as the cyborg imaginary, the machine-body and the machine in the biological body. The artificially enhanced body brings life, as a biopolitical device, to a new level, fruit of a symptom of the cultural and communicational imaginary about new possibilities of body management that permeate the appropriation, manipulation and edition of life. It is believed that through a hybrid body the human being would be able to distend and expand itself in order to embrace machinic devices and to serve as an object within the capitalist logic and the consumption society. The Cyborgism in literature and in cinema contributes to this imaginary of a new human being who might be different ‒ a next human, from the classic Frankenstein’s monster to the most recent science fiction films, in which hybrid beings are patterns of overcoming a body that looks obsolete. Biopolitics reinforces this moment in a conceptual and precise way when it transfers to the human the management of one's own life, as observed both in Michel Foucault and in the studies of Giorgio Agamben, Antonio Negri and Nikolas Rose, the main guiding principle of this work. In such scenario, one sees a new journey of the next human, who, through the body, undergoes mutations and is extended by use of machinic experiments, such as grafts, prostheses, chips and silicon. These are potentialized for physically disabled people and for assistive technologies; also, in the Bioidentity phenomenon and in the quality of a body extended to all possible apparatuses, as a biopolitical element that does not cease to be biological. The trajectory of this thesis is to discuss the human as an unfinished project, not as a hybrid body or as a cyborg, but a body ready for the inclusion of the machine in the human through the interference in the DNA. It becomes thus pure information, without ceasing to be biological. The machine in the biological is the extended body, opening the possibility of adapting to the new machinic devices / O recorte apresentado nesta tese é a construção de um novo ser humano por meio da biopolítica e dos discursos do imaginário ciborgue, do corpo-máquina e da máquina no corpo biológico. O corpo artificialmente incrementado eleva a vida, enquanto dispositivo biopolítico, a um novo patamar, fruto de um sintoma do imaginário cultural e comunicacional sobre novas possibilidades de gestão do corpo, que permeiam a apropriação, manipulação e edição da vida. Acredita-se que, mediante um corpo híbrido, o ser humano possa se distender e expandir-se para abraçar aparatos maquínicos e possa servir como objeto dentro da lógica capitalista e da sociedade de consumo. O ciborguismo presente na literatura e no cinema contribui para esse imaginário de um novo ser humano que poderá ser diferente ‒ um próximo humano, desde o clássico monstro de Frankenstein, até os mais recentes filmes de ficção científica, nos quais os seres híbridos são padrões de superação de um corpo que parece obsoleto. A biopolítica reforça esse momento de forma conceitual e precisa quando transfere ao humano a administração da própria vida, o que pode ser observado tanto em Michel Foucault, como nos estudos de Giorgio Agamben, Antonio Negri e Nikolas Rose, principal norteador deste trabalho. Nesse horizonte, avista-se uma nova jornada do próximo humano, que, por meio do corpo, sofre mutações e é ampliado com experimentos maquínicos, como enxertos, próteses, chips e silício. Estes são potencializados para os deficientes físicos e para as tecnologias assistivas, no fenômeno da bioidentidade, e na qualidade de um corpo estendido a todos os aparatos possíveis, como elemento biopolítico que não deixa de ser biológico. A trajetória desta tese é a de discutir o humano como um projeto inacabado, não como um corpo híbrido ou ciborgue, mas um corpo pronto para a inclusão da máquina no humano por meio da interferência no DNA, tornando-se pura informação sem deixar de ser biológico. A máquina no biológico é o corpo estendido, abrindo a possibilidade de adaptar-se aos novos aparatos maquínicos

Thesis (Ph.D)--Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010. / Committee Chair: Mynatt, Elizabeth D.; Committee Member: Edwards, W. Keith; Committee Member: Grinter, Rebecca E.; Committee Member: McDonald, David W.; Committee Member: Potts, Colin. Part of the SMARTech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection.

There is a supposition that with the current progress in artificial intelligence (AI), machines that surpass the cognitive functioning of human beings is imminent. There is no doubt that singular human functions can be performed more efficiently by machines. however. the complexity of human functioning involves the simultaneous cognizance of information received through the various senses. The complexity of human functioning is best reflected in the perceptions of Marcel Jousse in The Anthropology of Geste and Rhythm (I997). Whilst proponents of AI envisage the cognitive functioning of the computer surpassing human cognitive functioning, they fail to acknowledge that human cognitive functioning extends beyond mere information processing and expression of predictable responses. The complexity of human expression is influenced by a variety of sensory environmental stimuli as well as previous experience. The fundamental 'law' of the indivisibility of the psycho-physiological complexus of the human composite identified by Jousse, indicates that human memory emanates from human interaction with the environment. The computer is incapable of interacting with the environment in the way that the human being interacts, which implies that it cannot replicate human memory. This study argues that: • The human being operates simultaneously as a psychological, physiological and biological being, which implies that human memory, is simultaneously biological, psychological and emotional. • Human memory arises out of mimism and is biologically rhythmed, and that this rhythm operates in synchrony with the universal cosmoiogicai rhythms. • Computer rhythms do not operate in synchrony with universal cosmological rhythms. which implies that the operation of its memory is very different to that of the human being. Therefore the computer will not be able to replicate human functioning. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of Natal, Durban, 2000.

The purpose of the study was to determine the personal, social, and vocational impacts of technology on Jay County, Indiana. The study resulted in the following findings:1. Jay County residents have mixed reactions toward technology. Residents stated an interest in technology.2. Jay County residents expect changes in their personal and professional lives because of technology. Residents stated benefits and difficulties resulting from increased technology.3. Technology is already present in Jay County. Technology can be found throughout Jay County in the schools, industries, small businesses, professional practices, retail establishments, financial institutions, local government, and utilities.4. A need has been expressed in the community to prepare individuals for changes in technology. There is an expectation among residents for the community to offer training opportunitites.RECOMMENDATIONSThe following recommendations are made:1. Jay County should continue to build on the collaborative projects that have been initiated in the community and should address technology through the existing strategic planning process.2. The Jay County Technology Advisory Committee should continue its involvement and take action on these recommendations. The committee should monitor technological expansion as well as the availability of technical training opportunities in the community.3. The advisory committee should identify the populations in Jay County who need technical training and should implement appropriate strategies for reaching these populations.4. The advisory committee should plan a computer curriculum by identifying existing opportunities and expanding on them to reach the populations who are not currently being served.5. A community computer learning center should be a cooperative project in the community and should become a clearinghouse for technical training where requests are made and educational opportunities identified.

The rapid diffusion of digital technologies since the 1970s has produced significant cultural change within industrialised societies and this dissertation examines the particular challenge that digital technologies and a burgeoning digital culture pose to copyright law. The hypothesis is that the international copyright regime, based on the private ownership of intellectual property, is being undermined by the collaborative and sharing dimensions of a networked digital culture. The argument is premised on evidence that digital culture is now so pervasive and so disruptive of traditional social and economic institutions that current copyright laws are no longer capable of managing the production and distribution of the knowledge, information and entertainment products that are fundamental to the operation of the global information economy. Ideological and cultural differences have led to conflict and ‘copyfights’ between the owners of copyright works and the digital creators who produce and share copyright works outside the commercial marketplace, and often, outside the law. Defending their legal rights, the owners have generally adopted a copyright maximalist approach. They have successfully argued for stricter laws to protect their valuable private property rights and have enforced the law against digital pirates and new technologies that they claim threaten their businesses and the orderly operation of the knowledge economy. The digital sharers have adopted a ‘copyleft’ approach. Demonstrating little respect for laws that inhibit digital creativity and innovation, and supportive of a public domain of accessible cultural works, they argue for less stringent legal controls over copyright works and for a new intellectual commons in which knowledge, information and entertainment products are shared, rather than privately owned. Analysis of the culture clash between owners and sharers and between their private and public interests demonstrates that the 21st century copyfights are divisive and expensive. This dissertation, as well as addressing the challenge that digital culture poses to copyright law, suggests possibilities for legal reform and opens up new terrain for further study into the question of who should own and benefit from the knowledge and information that form our cultural heritage. / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Thesis (Master)--İzmir Institute of Technology,İzmir, 2004 / Keywords: Information and communication technologies (ICT), interactivity, city kiosk, public use. Includes bibliographical references (leaves. 103).