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Coding Literacy: How Computer Programming Is Changing Writing (Software Studies)
Annette Vee
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Description for Coding Literacy: How Computer Programming Is Changing Writing (Software Studies)
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How the theoretical tools of literacy help us understand programming in its historical, social and conceptual contexts. The message from educators, the tech community, and even politicians is clear: everyone should learn to code. To emphasize the universality and importance of computer programming, promoters of coding for everyone often invoke the concept of literacy, drawing parallels between reading and writing code and reading and writing text. In this book, Annette Vee examines the coding-as-literacy analogy and argues that it can be an apt rhetorical frame. The theoretical tools of literacy help us understand programming beyond ... Read more
How the theoretical tools of literacy help us understand programming in its historical, social and conceptual contexts. The message from educators, the tech community, and even politicians is clear: everyone should learn to code. To emphasize the universality and importance of computer programming, promoters of coding for everyone often invoke the concept of literacy, drawing parallels between reading and writing code and reading and writing text. In this book, Annette Vee examines the coding-as-literacy analogy and argues that it can be an apt rhetorical frame. The theoretical tools of literacy help us understand programming beyond ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The MIT Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Software Studies
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780262036245
SKU
V9780262036245
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About Annette Vee
Annette Vee is Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the University of Pittsburgh.
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