Software takes command : extending the language of new media / by Lev Manovich.

Main entry:

Manovich, Lev.

Title & Author:

Software takes command : extending the language of new media / by Lev Manovich.

Publication:

New York ; London : Bloomsbury, 2013.

Description:

xi, 357 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Series:

International texts in critical media aesthetics ; volume #5

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Inventing media software -- Alan Kay's universal media machine -- Understanding metamedia -- Hybridization and evolution -- Hybridization -- Soft evolution -- Software in action -- Media design.

Summary:

Software has replaced a diverse array of physical, mechanical, and electronic technologies used before 21st century to create, store, distribute and interact with cultural artifacts. It has become our interface to the world, to others, to our memory and our imagination - a universal language through which the world speaks, and a universal engine on which the world runs. What electricity and combustion engine were to the early 20th century, software is to the early 21st century. Offering the the first theoretical and historical account of software for media authoring and its effects on the practice and the very concept of 'media,' the author of The Language of New Media (2001) develops his own theory for this rapidly-growing, always-changing field.

Resources:
E-book
E-book - Full text from Bloomsbury Collections

ISBN:

9781623567453 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
1623567459 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9781623568177 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
162356817X (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9781623566722 (e-pdf)
9781623562618 (e-pub)

Subject:

Computer software Social aspects.
Social media.
Computers and civilization.
Mass media Technological innovations.
Computer graphics.
Social Media
Computer Graphics
Logiciels Aspect social.
Médias sociaux.
Ordinateurs et civilisation.
Médias Innovations.
Infographie.
social media.
computer graphics.
Medien
Software
Innovation
Gesellschaft
Digital teknik.
Digitala medier.
Samhälle och media.

Added entries:

International texts in critical media aesthetics ; v. 5.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 290278
Call No.: BIB 233250
Status: Available

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