Manovich Lev. Cultural Analytics

The MIT Press, 2020. — 332 p. — ISBN: 9780262037105.A book at the intersection of data science and media studies, presenting concepts and methods for computational analysis of cultural data.How can we see a billion images? What analytical methods can we bring to bear on the astonishing scale of digital culture-the billions of photographs shared on social media every day, the hundreds of millions of songs created by twenty million musicians on Soundcloud, the content of four billion Pinterest boards? In Cultural Analytics, Lev Manovich presents concepts and methods for computational analysis of cultural data. Drawing on more than a decade of research and projects from his own lab, Manovich offers a gentle, non-technical introduction to the core ideas of data analytics and discusses the ways that our society uses data and algorithms.Introduction: How to See One Billion Images
Looking at Culture with Computers
Cultural Analytics: Five Ideas
Cultural Analytics: Twelve Research Challenges
What Cultural Analytics Is Not
Cultural Analytics, Media Theory, and Software Studies
Using This Book in Classes
Studying Culture at Scale
From New Media to More Media
The Science of Culture?
Culture Industry and Media Analytics
Representing Culture as Data
Types of Cultural Data
Cultural Sampling
Metadata and Features
Language, Categories, and Senses
Exploring Cultural Data
Information Visualization
Exploratory Media Analysis
Methods of Media Visualization
Conclusion: Can We Think without Categories?