[PDF.23zm] Digital Contagions: A Media Archaeology of Computer Viruses (Digital Formations)

Digital Contagions: A Media Archaeology of Computer Viruses (Digital Formations)

[PDF.ag54] Digital Contagions: A Media Archaeology of Computer Viruses (Digital Formations)

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 | #2600420 in Books |  Peter Lang International Academic Publishers |  2007-06-12 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.75 x5.75 x.75l,1.00 | File type: PDF | 327 pages

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||4 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| IF/THEN|By twinkle|One could be forgiven for assuming that a book with the title "Digital Contagions: A Media Archaeology of Computer Viruses" would be of sole interest to those sniggering hornrimmed programmers who harbor an erudite loathing of Bill Gates and an affection for the Viennese witch-doctor. Actually, it is a rather game and enthralling look, via a media-ecological| |"'Digital Contagions' is the first book to look at the computer virus as a historical and cultural phenomenon, rather than simply as a technological issue. It brilliantly recounts the history of the emergence of such viruses in the context of other epidemics,

Digital Contagions is the first book to offer a comprehensive and critical analysis of the culture and history of the computer virus phenomenon. The book maps the anomalies of network culture from the angles of security concerns, the biopolitics of digital systems, and the aspirations for artificial life in software. The genealogy of network culture is approached from the standpoint of accidents that are endemic to the digital media ecology. Viruses, worms, and ot...

You easily download any file type for your device.Digital Contagions: A Media Archaeology of Computer Viruses (Digital Formations)   |  Jussi Parikka.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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