{"product_id":"critical-code-studies-mark-c-marino-9780262043656","title":"Critical Code Studies","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn argument that we must read code for more than what it does--we must consider what it means.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eComputer source code has become part of popular discourse. Code is read not only by programmers but by lawyers, artists, pundits, reporters, political activists, and literary scholars; it is used in political debate, works of art, popular entertainment, and historical accounts. In this book, Mark Marino argues that code means more than merely what it does; we must also consider what it means. We need to learn to read code critically. Marino presents a series of case studies--ranging from the Climategate scandal to a hactivist art project on the US-Mexico border--as lessons in critical code reading.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarino shows how, in the process of its circulation, the meaning of code changes beyond its functional role to include connotations and implications, opening it up to interpretation and inference--and misinterpretation and reappropriation. The Climategate controversy, for example, stemmed from a misreading of a bit of placeholder code as a \"smoking gun\" that supposedly proved fabrication of climate data. A poetry generator created by Nick Montfort was remixed and reimagined by other poets, and subject to literary interpretation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach case study begins by presenting a small and self-contained passage of code--by coders as disparate as programming pioneer Grace Hopper and philosopher Friedrich Kittler--and an accessible explanation of its context and functioning. Marino then explores its extra-functional significance, demonstrating a variety of interpretive approaches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark C. Marino\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0262043653\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262043656\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/10\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 7.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Mark C. Marino","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48447607865599,"sku":"9780262043656","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_09218a2a-1862-46cb-8a55-cbb9325f5af8.jpg?v=1777233825","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/critical-code-studies-mark-c-marino-9780262043656","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}