Software, Infrastructure, Labor: A Media Theory of Logistical Nightmares

by Ned Rossiter

Book Overview

Infrastructure makes worlds. Software coordinates labor. Logistics governs movement. These pillars of contemporary capitalism correspond with the materiality of digital communication systems on a planetary scale. Ned Rossiter theorizes the force of logistical media to discern how subjectivity and labor, economy and society are tied to the logistical imaginary of seamless interoperability. Contingency haunts logistical power. Technologies of capture...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415843057
• ISBN13: 9780415843058
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"