Critical Code Studies - Mark C. Marino
An argument that we must read code for more than what it does--we must consider what it means.Computer source code has become part of popular discourse. In this book, Mark Marino argues that code means more than merely what it does; we must also consider what it means. Code is re… Celý popis ↓
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Critical Code Studies - Mark C. Marino
An argument that we must read code for more than what it does--we must consider what it means.Computer source code has become part of popular discourse. In this book, Mark Marino argues that code means more than merely what it does; we must also consider what it means. Code is read not only by programmers but by lawyers, artists, pundits, reporters, political activists, and literary scholars; it is used in political debate, works of art, popular entertainment, and historical accounts.
Marino presents a series of case studies--ranging from the Climategate scandal to a hactivist art project on the US-Mexico border--as lessons in critical code reading.Marino shows how, in the process of its circulation, the meaning of code changes beyond its functional role to include connotations and implications, opening it up to interpretation We need to learn to read code critically.
Parametre
- Autor
- Mark C. Marino
- Počet strán
- 288
- Rok vydania
- 2020
- Jazyk
- anglické
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