The Philosophy of Software: Code and Mediation in the Digital Age (Hardcover)
This book is a critical introduction to code and software that develops an understanding of its social and philosophical implications in the digital age. Written specifically for people interested in the subject from a non-technical background, the book provides a lively and interesting analysis of these new media forms.
David M. Berry is Reader in the School of Media, Film and Music at the University of Sussex and Director of the Sussex Humanities Lab, UK. His books include Critical Theory and the Digital; Copy Rip Burn: The Politics of Copyleft and Open Source; Understanding Digital Media and Postdigital Aesthetics: Art, Computation and Design.