There is no Software, there are just Services

Is software dead? Services like Google, Dropbox, Adobe Creative Cloud, or Social Media apps are all-pervasive in our digital media landscape. This marks the (re)emergence of the service paradigm that challenges traditional business and license models as well as modes of media creation and use. The s...

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Main Author: Kaldrack, Irina
Other Authors: Leeker, Martina
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: meson press 2015
Series:Digital Cultures
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Collection: Directory of Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Is software dead? Services like Google, Dropbox, Adobe Creative Cloud, or Social Media apps are all-pervasive in our digital media landscape. This marks the (re)emergence of the service paradigm that challenges traditional business and license models as well as modes of media creation and use. The short essays in this edited collection discuss how services shift the notion of software, the cultural technique of programming, conditions of labor as well as the ecology and politics of data and how they influence dispositifs of knowledge.
Item Description:Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (116 p.)
ISBN:008