{"product_id":"the-arc-and-the-machine-9780719073434","title":"The arc and the machine","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Arc and the machine is an important and timely book. It insists on the centrality of narrative to informational culture, and forces a re-appraisal of how information technology, read as a material cultural form, is understood in relation to the questions of innovation and transformation. -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. Narrative machines\u003cbr\u003e2. ‘Beautiful Patterns of Bits’: cybernetics, interfaces, new media \u003cbr\u003ePart 1: The thing itself: technology and determination\u003cbr\u003ePart 2:  Contemporary technocultures\u003cbr\u003e3. Those with whom the archive dwells\u003cbr\u003e4. Annihilating all that’s made? legends of virtual community \u003cbr\u003e5. ‘Just Because’ stories: On Elephant\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037304193367,"sku":"9780719073434","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780719073434.jpg?v=1750935255","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-arc-and-the-machine-9780719073434","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}