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How To Be a Geek – Essays on Software Culture

Autor Fuller
en Hardback – 7 apr 2017
Computer software and its structures, devices and processes are woven into our everyday life. Their significance is not just technical: the algorithms, programming languages, abstractions and metadata that millions of people rely on every day have far-reaching implications for the way we understand the underlying dynamics of contemporary societies. In this innovative new book, software studies theorist Matthew Fuller examines how the introduction and expansion of computational systems into areas ranging from urban planning and state surveillance to games and voting systems are transforming our understanding of politics, culture and aesthetics in the twenty-first century. Combining historical insight and a deep understanding of the technology powering modern software systems with a powerful critical perspective, this book opens up new ways of understanding the fundamental infrastructures of contemporary life, economies, entertainment and warfare. In so doing Fuller shows that everyone must learn 'how to be a geek', as the seemingly opaque processes and structures of modern computer and software technology have a significance that no-one can afford to ignore. This powerful and engaging book will be of interest to everyone interested in a critical understanding of the political and cultural ramifications of digital media and computing in the modern world.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781509517152
ISBN-10: 1509517154
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 153 x 233 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: Polity Press
Locul publicării:Chichester, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Students and scholars of cultural studies, digital media and software culture.

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Notă biografică

Matthew Fuller is Professor of Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London

Descriere

Computer software and its structures, devices and processes are woven into our everyday life.