Rhetorical Code Studies: Discovering Arguments in and around Code

Winner of the 2017 Sweetland Digital Rhetoric Collaborative Book Prize Software developers work rhetorically to make meaning through the code they write. In some ways, writing code is like any other form of communication; in others, it proves to be new, exciting, and unique. In Rhetorical Code Studi...

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Hlavný autor: Brock, Kevin
Médium: E-kniha
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: Ann Arbor University of Michigan Press 2019
Sweetland Digital Rhetoric Collaborative
Vydanie:1
Edícia:Sweetland Digital Rhetoric Collaborative
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Coding theory
Computer algorithms-Psychological aspects
Computer programming / software engineering
Computer Technology
COMPUTERS
Computing and Information Technology
Information technology: general topics
Media
Nonfiction
Online social networks
Programming and scripting languages: general
Programming Languages
Rhetoric-Data processing
Software Development & Engineering
Software engineering-Psychological aspects
ISBN:0472131273, 9780472131273, 0472901044, 9780472901043
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Shrnutí:Winner of the 2017 Sweetland Digital Rhetoric Collaborative Book Prize Software developers work rhetorically to make meaning through the code they write. In some ways, writing code is like any other form of communication; in others, it proves to be new, exciting, and unique. In Rhetorical Code Studies, Kevin Brock explores how software code serves as meaningful communication through which software developers construct arguments that are made up of logical procedures and express both implicit and explicit claims as to how a given program operates. Building on current scholarly work in digital rhetoric, software studies, and technical communication, Brock connects and continues ongoing conversations among rhetoricians, technical communicators, software studies scholars, and programming practitioners to demonstrate how software code and its surrounding discourse are highly rhetorical forms of communication. He considers examples ranging from large, well-known projects like Mozilla Firefox to small-scale programs like the “FizzBuzz” test common in many programming job interviews. Undertaking specific examinations of code texts as well as the contexts surrounding their composition, Brock illuminates the variety and depth of rhetorical activity taking place in and around code, from individual differences in style to changes in large-scale organizational and community norms. Rhetorical Code Studies holds significant implications for digital communication, multimodal composition, and the cultural analysis of software and its creation. It will interest academics and students of writing, rhetoric, and software engineering as well as technical communicators and developers of all types of software.
Bibliografia:30 illustrations
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor : U OF M DIGT CULT BOOKS, 2019. Requires the Libby app or a modern web browser.
ISBN:0472131273
9780472131273
0472901044
9780472901043
DOI:10.3998/mpub.10019291