{"product_id":"digital-contagions-a-media-archaeology-of-computer-viruses-second-edition-paperback","title":"Digital Contagions: A Media Archaeology of Computer Viruses, Second Edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSteve Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Other), \u003cb\u003eJussi Parikka\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow in its second edition, \u003cem\u003eDigital Contagions\u003c\/em\u003e is the first book to offer a comprehensive and critical analysis of the culture and history of the computer virus.\u003cbr\u003eAt a time when our networks arguably feel more insecure than ever, the book provides an overview of how our fears about networks are part of a more complex story of the development of digital culture. It writes a media archaeology of computer and network accidents that are endemic to the computational media ecology. Viruses, worms, and other software objects are not seen merely from the perspective of anti-virus research or practical security concerns, but as cultural and historical expressions that traverse a non-linear field from fiction to technical media, from net art to politics of software.\u003cbr\u003eMapping the anomalies of network culture from the angles of security concerns, the biopolitics of computer systems, and the aspirations for artificial life in software, this second edition also pays attention to the emergence of recent issues of cybersecurity and new forms of digital insecurity. A new preface by Sean Cubitt is also provided.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJussi Parikka is Professor in Technological Culture \u0026amp; Aesthetics at the Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton. He is also Docent in Digital Culture Theory at the University of Turku, Finland. A widely published media theorist, he is author of the award-winning \u003cem\u003eInsect Media\u003c\/em\u003e (2010) and \u003cem\u003eA Geology of Media\u003c\/em\u003e (2015), \u003cem\u003eWhat is Media Archaeology\u003c\/em\u003e (2012), and co-editor of \u003cem\u003eWriting and Unwriting (Media) Art History\u003c\/em\u003e (2015).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 298\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.8 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 29, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53299666485555,"sku":"9781433132322","price":123.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/wTf-DdIaWO9781433132322.webp?v=1777452789","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/digital-contagions-a-media-archaeology-of-computer-viruses-second-edition-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}