{"title":"Ted Striphas","description":"\u003cp\u003eTed Striphas explores the intersection of technology, culture, and society, offering insightful analyses that illuminate the broader impacts of digital systems before the internet era. Readers can expect a thoughtful examination of how algorithms shape cultural dynamics, blending academic rigor with accessible prose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection is ideal for those interested in understanding the historical and theoretical foundations of digital culture within an educational context. Striphas’s work invites reflection on the ways technology influences everyday life and cultural production.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"algorithmic-culture-before-the-internet-by-ted-striphas-9780231206693","title":"Algorithmic Culture Before the Internet","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, algorithms exercise outsize influence on cultural decision-making, shaping and even reshaping the concept of culture. How were automated, computational processes empowered to perform this work? What forces prompted the emergence of algorithmic culture?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlgorithmic Culture Before the Internet\u003c\/em\u003e is a history of how culture and computation came to be entangled. From Cambridge, England to Cambridge, Massachusetts by way of medieval Baghdad, this book pinpoints the critical junctures at which algorithmic culture began to coalesce in language long before it materialised in the technological wizardry of Silicon Valley.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRevising and extending the methodology of \"keywords,\" Ted Striphas examines changing concepts and definitions of culture, including the development of the field of cultural studies, and stresses the importance of language in the history of technology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffering historical and interdisciplinary perspective on the relationship of culture and computation, this book provides urgently needed context for the algorithmic injustices that beset the world today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47383536566508,"sku":"9780231206693","price":56.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/8123633482270.jpg?v=1773374269"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/ted-striphas.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}