Information history

The Latin roots and Greek origins of the word "information" is presented by Capurro & Hjørland (2003).

In the transition from Middle Ages to Modernity the use of the concept of information reflected a fundamental turn in epistemological basis – from "giving a (substantial) form to matter" to "communicating something to someone".

All other senses, including its use with regard to nonhuman organisms as well to society as a whole, are, according to Machlup, metaphoric and, as in the case of cybernetics, anthropomorphic.

[16][17][18][19] As part of her work Toni Weller has argued that there are important links between the modern information age and its historical precedents.

Each of these bodies has been busy in recent years, running conferences and seminars, and initiating scholarly projects.

[13] The Danish Internet researcher Niels Ole Finnemann (2001)[29] developed a general history of media.

Heting Chu (2010) classified the history and development of information representation and retrieval (IRR) in four phases.

A retrospective look at the field identifies increased demand, rapid growth, the demystification phase, and the networked era as the four major stages IRR has experienced in its development:" [33]