The algorithms of our lives

  • Lev Manovich
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/CIYC.55960
Keywords: digital language, software, algoythmn software acts, communication, the Internet, code.

Abstract

The author reflects upon the arrival of new categories of elements in media studies, and how software and programming codes of digital language have come to mass culture to change dramatically our ability to analyze and to criticize the evolution of culture. He pleads for the consideration of software as a performative act of speech, considering it dynamically. And he remarks the need to acquire the competence to understand critically the dimensions of power that this new instrument of communication has over our lives.

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Published
2017-04-28
How to Cite
Manovich L. (2017). The algorithms of our lives. CIC. Cuadernos de Información y Comunicación, 22, 19-25. https://doi.org/10.5209/CIYC.55960
Issue
Vol. 22 (2017): Lenguaje digital
Section
Monograph

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