{"product_id":"distant-viewing-isbn-9780262546133","title":"Distant Viewing","description":"\u003cb\u003eA new theory and methodology for the application of computer vision methods to the computational analysis of collected, digitized visual materials, called “distant viewing.”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDistant Viewing: Computational Exploration of Digital Images\u003c\/i\u003e presents a new theory and methodology for the computational analysis of digital images, offering a lively, constructive critique of computer vision that you can actually use. What does it mean to say that computer vision “understands” visual inputs? Annotations never capture a whole image. The way digital images convey information requires what researchers Taylor Arnold and Lauren Tilton call “distant viewing”—a play on the well-known term “distant reading” from computational literary analysis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecognizing computer vision’s limitations, Arnold and Tilton’s spirited examination makes the technical exciting by applying distant viewing to the sitcoms \u003ci\u003eBewitched \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eI Dream of Jeannie\u003c\/i\u003e, movie posters and other popular forms of advertising, and Dorothea Lange’s photography. In the tradition of visual culture studies and computer vision, \u003ci\u003eDistant Viewing\u003c\/i\u003e’s interdisciplinary perspective encompasses film and media studies, visual semiotics, and the sciences\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eto create a playful, accessible guide for\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ean international audience\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eworking in digital humanities, data science, media studies, and visual culture studies.Acknowledgments vii\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e1 Distant Viewing: Theory 9\u003cbr\u003e2 Distant Viewing: Method 33\u003cbr\u003e3 Advertising in Color: Movie Posters and Genre 57\u003cbr\u003e4 Seeing is Believing: Themes in Great Depression and World War II Photography 97\u003cbr\u003e5 Feast for the Eyes: Locating Visual Style in Network-Era American Situation Comedies 145\u003cbr\u003e6 Opening the Archive: Visual Search and Discovery of the Met's Open Access Program 177\u003cbr\u003eConclusion 221\u003cbr\u003eGlossary 225\u003cbr\u003eNotes 227\u003cbr\u003eBibliography 249\u003cbr\u003eDatasets 265\u003cbr\u003eIndex 269“Arnold and Tilton take us on an exhilarating visual journey from the Dust Bowl to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, offering keen theoretical insight and methodological inspiration every step of the way.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Lauren Klein, Winship Distinguished Research Professor, Emory University; coauthor of \u003ci\u003eData Feminism \u003c\/i\u003eand coeditor of \u003ci\u003eDebates in the Digital Humanities\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Distant Viewing \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a smart, timely, and accessible analysis that takes both computer vision technologies and human visual culture truly seriously. It’s essential reading for those interested in the newest trends in digital humanities research.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Elizabeth Losh, Duane A. and Virginia S. Dittman Professor of English and American Studies, William \u0026amp; Mary; author of \u003ci\u003eSelfie Democracy \u003c\/i\u003e(MIT Press)\u003ci\u003e, Hashtag, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The War on Learning \u003c\/i\u003e(MIT Press)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eDistant Viewing \u003c\/i\u003eprovides invaluable examples for future research in both computing technology and the humanities through its new methodology which harnesses computer vision, while still accounting for its biases and limitations.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Holly Rushmeier, John C. Malone Professor of Computer Science, Yale University\u003c\/b\u003eTaylor Arnold is Associate Professor at the University of Richmond in the interdisciplinary programs in Data Science and Linguistics. A recipient of grants from the NEH and ACLS, Arnold’s research focuses on the interdisciplinary study of how messages are communicated through texts and visual media. He has published three books, most recently \u003ci\u003eLayered Lives\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLauren Tilton is Associate Professor of Digital Humanities in the Department of Rhetoric and Communication Studies at the University of Richmond. Her research combines American Studies and digital humanities to the study of modern visual culture. She is the author of four books, including \u003ci\u003eLayered Lives\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eTogether, Arnold and Tilton run the Distant Viewing lab at the University of Richmond.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304952549605,"sku":"NP9780262546133","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262546133.jpg?v=1767725256","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/distant-viewing-isbn-9780262546133","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}