{"product_id":"distant-viewing-taylor-arnold-9780262546133","title":"Distant Viewing: Computational Exploration of Digital Images","description":"\u003cb\u003eA new theory and methodology for the application of computer vision methods to the computational analysis of collected, digitized visual materials, called \"distant viewing.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDistant Viewing: Computational Exploration of Digital Images\u003c\/i\u003e presents a new theory and methodology for the computational analysis of digital images, offering a lively, constructive critique of computer vision that you can actually use. What does it mean to say that computer vision \"understands\" visual inputs? Annotations never capture a whole image. The way digital images convey information requires what researchers Taylor Arnold and Lauren Tilton call \"distant viewing\"--a play on the well-known term \"distant reading\" from computational literary analysis. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRecognizing computer vision's limitations, Arnold and Tilton's spirited examination makes the technical exciting by applying distant viewing to the sitcoms \u003ci\u003eBewitched \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eI Dream of Jeannie\u003c\/i\u003e, movie posters and other popular forms of advertising, and Dorothea Lange's photography. In the tradition of visual culture studies and computer vision, \u003ci\u003eDistant Viewing\u003c\/i\u003e's interdisciplinary perspective encompasses film and media studies, visual semiotics, and the sciences\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eto create a playful, accessible guide for\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ean international audience\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eworking in digital humanities, data science, media studies, and visual culture studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Taylor Arnold, Lauren Tilton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0262546132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262546133\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2024","brand":"Taylor Arnold","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44583963558143,"sku":"9780262546133","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3b8c3c8f-45e9-4c5b-ac7e-a02e9f0ba568.jpg?v=1701884509","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/distant-viewing-taylor-arnold-9780262546133","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}