Computers and Creativity (Computers, Internet, and Society) - Hardcover

Plotkin, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0816077541 ISBN 13: 9780816077540

Verlag: Facts On File Inc, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

Computers and Creativity explores the many ways people use computers to create software, invent new machines, and express themselves through words, music, graphic art, and multimedia. This brand-new, full-color resource also explains how computers enable people to collaborate over space and time on a scale never before possible without the use of professional intermediaries. Additionally, it examines the ways in which computer-enabled creativity causes us to rethink copyright and patent law, providing legal protection for the creative works of both artists and inventors.

Chapters include:

• Writing: Farewell to Pen and Paper
• Music: Personal Computer as Piano
• Video: Recording, Editing, and Creating Special Effects
• Programming: How Software Is Created
• Inventing: Using Computers to Drive Innovation
• Collaboration: Bringing People Together Over the Internet
• Disintermediation: Cutting Out the Middleman
• Intellectual Property: Protecting Creativity in the Digital World.

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Aus dem Klappentext

Computers, Internet, and Society is a timely series that investigates the impact that computers and technology have on society and the directions that this will go as technology continues to advance at a significant rate. Titles in the series explain the history of the relevant computer technology, what such technology can do today, and how it works, along with how computers interact with human behavior in a particular social context. This series also encourages readers to develop socially responsible attitudes and behaviors in their roles as computer users and future developers of computer technology.

This new series is perfect for technology students or general readers wanting to learn more about the internet.

· This title features full-color photographs and line illustrations.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Facts On File Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0816077541
• ISBN 13: 9780816077540
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 184
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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