The Philosophy of Software

Code and Mediation in the Digital Age

von Code and Mediation in the Digital Age

Beschreibung vom Herausgeber

This book is a critical introduction to code and software that develops an understanding of its social and philosophical implications in the digital age. Written specifically for people interested in the subject from a non-technical background, the book provides a lively and interesting analysis of these new media forms.

Aus dem Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Acknowledgements
2. The Idea of Code
3. What is Code?
4. Reading and Writing Code
5. Running Code
6. Towards a Phenomenology of Computation
7. Real-Time Streams
8. Bibliography
9. Index