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Software studies

Software studies is an emerging interdisciplinary research field, which studies software systems and their social and cultural effects. The implementation and use of software has been studied in recent fields such as cyberculture, Internet studies, new media studies, and digital culture, yet prior to software studies, software was rarely ever addressed…

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Software studies

Nodes31
Edges30
Triples27
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.064516
Components1

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Software studies

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related to history · 16
Software studies → Blip, Culture, Early, Es, Essays, Friedrich Kittler's, Lev Manovich's Language, Marshall McLuhan's, Matthew Fuller's Behind, Much, New, New Media, Software, Software Studies Workshop, SoftWhere, The
related to External links · 2
Software studies → Monoskop, Software
related to Related fields · 2
Software studies → Notably, Software
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Software studies → emerging interdisciplinary research field

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Software studiesis aemerging interdisciplinary research field0.90text
cybercultureinstance ofThe implementation and use of software has been studied in recent fields0.80text
Internet studiesinstance ofThe implementation and use of software has been studied in recent fields0.80text
new media studiesinstance ofThe implementation and use of software has been studied in recent fields0.80text
and digital cultureinstance ofThe implementation and use of software has been studied in recent fields0.80text
yet prior to software studiesinstance ofThe implementation and use of software has been studied in recent fields0.80text
software was rarely ever addressed as a distinct object of studyinstance ofThe implementation and use of software has been studied in recent fields0.80text
Software studiesrelated to External linksSoftware0.60section
Software studiesrelated to External linksMonoskop0.60section
Software studiesrelated to historyThe0.60section
Software studiesrelated to historyMarshall McLuhan's0.60section
Software studiesrelated to historyEarly0.60section

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