Ghost writer in the machine: the politics of determining the machinic/expressive functions of software
| Autor: | Daniel Sutko |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
Cultural Studies
Materiality (auditing) Copying business.industry End user Communication 05 social sciences 0507 social and economic geography 050801 communication & media studies Humanism Legibility Digital media Politics 0508 media and communications Aesthetics Sociology business 050703 geography License |
| Zdroj: | Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies. 15:18-34 |
| ISSN: | 1479-4233 1479-1420 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14791420.2017.1412487 |
| Popis: | The 1978 Report of the Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works laid groundwork for three contemporary struggles over the politics of digital technologies: copying software, modifying software, and End User License Agreements. I critically analyze the document, situating it within a genealogy of digital media, computational history, and communication philosophy. Beginning with the question of whether software is communication, the report articulates theoretical concerns relevant today, including: post/cyborg-humanism; materiality; form and content; inscription and legibility; and function vs. expression. I conclude that the unarticulated, animating question was to identify what counts, ethically and politically, as a creative body. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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