Language wants to be overlooked: On software and ideology

Journal of Visual Culture

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 315-331

  Galloway, Alexander R ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allegory; Code; Function; Ideology; Language; Obfuscation; Reflection; Software

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049470563     PISSN: 14704129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470412906070519     Document Type: Article

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