Real Wars on Virtual Battlefields : : The Convergence of Programmable Media at the Military-Civilian Margin / / Stefan Werning.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter transcript Backlist eBook Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Werning, Stefan,
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2015]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: 1. Aufl.
• Language: English
• Series: Kultur- und Medientheorie
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (412 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Table of Illustrations --; 1. Introduction --; 2. Building Blocks for a Model of Programmable Media Analysis --; 3. Epistemological Effects of Programmable Media in Perspective --; 4. Programmable Media at the Civilian/Military Margin --; 5. From the War in the Gulf to the Global War on Terror – A History in Games --; 6. Peripheralization and Universalization. Macro Effects of Programmable Media in Military-Civilian Contexts --; Bibliography --; Backmatter
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783839412404; 9783111025230; 9783110661552; 9783110463415; 9783110463408
• DOI: 10.1515/9783839412404?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Stefan Werning.

The book analyzes the multifarious exchange of algorithmic technologies and concepts between the military and the media industry from the early 1990s until now. Unlike most related scholarly work which focuses on digital games, it drafts a model of programmable media which is grounded in a close-reading of the key technologies, most notably the paradigm of object-oriented programming, and reconsiders technical disciplines from a humanities perspective. This model is then applied to analyze the effects of algorithmic logic on the military-civilian continuum, including economic practices, patterns of media usage and military decision-making.