Means-End of Software
Book chapter
Cox, G. (2011). Means-End of Software. in: Pold, S. and Andersen, C. (ed.) Interface Criticism Aarhus University. pp. 145-145
Authors | Cox, G. |
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Editors | Pold, S. and Andersen, C. |
Abstract | It has become common to replace a critical engagement of the graphical interface with what lies behind it: source code. Indeed, conventional interfaces tend to hide the workings of the computer and the complexity of its processes. In “There is no Software”, Friedrich Kittler claims: “We simply do not know what our writing does” (quoted in Druckery 332), referring to the ways that graphical interfaces largely dispense with the need for writing and hide the machine |
Page range | 145-145 |
Year | 2011 |
Book title | Interface Criticism |
Publisher | Aarhus University |
ISBN | 978-8779345041 |
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2011 | |
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Accepted | 2011 |
Deposited | 16 Jun 2020 |
Additional information | Due to copyright restrictions this chapter cannot be shared openly. |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
https://openresearch.lsbu.ac.uk/item/88y0z
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