{"product_id":"cultural-analytics-isbn-9780262037105","title":"Cultural Analytics","description":"\u003cb\u003eA book at the intersection of data science and media studies, presenting concepts and methods for computational analysis of cultural data.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow can we see a billion images? What analytical methods can we bring to bear on the astonishing scale of digital culture--the billions of photographs shared on social media  every day, the hundreds of millions of songs created by twenty million musicians on Soundcloud, the content of four billion Pinterest boards? In \u003ci\u003eCultural Analytics\u003c\/i\u003e, Lev Manovich presents concepts and methods for computational analysis of cultural data. Drawing on more than a decade of research and projects from his own lab, Manovich offers a gentle, nontechnical introduction to the core ideas of data analytics and discusses the ways that our society uses data and algorithms.Introduction: How to See One Billion Images?\u003cbr\u003ePart 1: Studying Culture at Scale\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: From New Media to More Media\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2: The Science of Culture?\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3: Culture Industry and Media Analytics\u003cbr\u003ePart 2: Representing Culture as Data\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4: Types of Cultural Data\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5: Cultural Sampling\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6: Metadata and Features\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7: Language, Categories, and Senses\u003cbr\u003ePart 3: Exploring Cultural Data\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8: Information Visualization\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9: Exploratory Media Analysis\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10: Methods of Media Visualization\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: Can We Think Without Categories?“\u003ci\u003eCultural Analytics\u003c\/i\u003e causes an inspirational mind-shift for the study of culture. Providing key terms and an easy-to-follow non-technical explanation of how to deal with cultural data, it outlines new paradigms in the analysis of data, creation of media visualizations, and eventually the study of culture. Lev Manovich, as always, is leading the way to understanding digital culture.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e-- Harald Klinke, Assistant Professor of Art History, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich; editor of \u003ci\u003eInternational Journal for Digital Art History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “This is a timely, forward-looking book. It introduces computational algorithms as methods to decode the intricacies of culture. Culture is data waiting to be translated into meaningful patterns by visualization.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e-- Manuel Lima, founder of VisualComplexity.com; author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Circles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Manovich provides a much-needed exploration of how our growing digital world relates to the real one, and how data reflects more than just quantitative insights.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e-- Nathan Yau, founder of FlowingData\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Data is fundamentally reshaping the way we create, consume, analyze and visualize content, reshaping our understanding of culture. Manovich, a leading theorist at the intersection of data, arts, and media studies, offers a smart and comprehensive overview of this rapidly changing landscape, documenting the emergence of cultural analytics as a new mode of inquiry.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e-- Albert-László Barabási, Professor of Network Science at Northeastern University; author of \u003ci\u003eFormula\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLinked\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eLev Manovich is Professor of Visual Arts, University of California, San Diego. His book \u003ci\u003eThe Language of New Media\u003c\/i\u003e (MIT Press, 2001) has been hailed as \"the most suggestive and broad ranging media history since Marshall McLuhan.\"","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305013956837,"sku":"NP9780262037105","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262037105.jpg?v=1767724353","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/cultural-analytics-isbn-9780262037105","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}