1st Edition
Software Evangelism and the Rhetoric of Morality Coding Justice in a Digital Democracy
By Jennifer Helene Maher
Copyright 2016
228 Pages
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Routledge
216 Pages
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Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
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Examining the layers of meaning encoded in software and the rhetoric surrounding it, this book offers a much-needed perspective on the intersections between software, morality, and politics. In software development culture, evangelism typically denotes a rhetorical practice that aims to convert software developers, as well as non-technical lay users, from one platform to another (e.g., from the... Read more
1. Encoding and Decoding 2. An Invitation to Freedom 3. Moral Code 4. Fair Regulation 5. Embracing Rhetoric
Biography
Jennifer Helene Maher is Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA.
