Distant Viewing Computational Exploration of Digital Images

A new theory and methodology for the application of computer vision methods to the computational analysis of collected, digitized visual materials, called “distant viewing.”Distant Viewing: Computational Exploration of Digital Images presents a new theory and methodology for the computational analys...

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Main Authors Arnold, Taylor, Tilton, Lauren
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge The MIT Press 2023
MIT Press
Edition1
SeriesThe MIT Press
Subjects
advertising
Artificial intelligence
Bewitched
Coding theory and cryptology
computational humanities
Computer science
Computer vision
Computing and Information Technology
cultural analytics
Cultural and media studies
cultural heritage
data science
digital humanities
digital studies
FSA
I Dream of Jeannie
JBCT3 Media studies: advertising and society
machine learning
Media studies
OWI
Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects
Research and information: general
sitcom
situation comedy
Society and culture: general
Society and Social Sciences
visual culture
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Distant Viewing: Theory -- 2. Distant Viewing: Method -- 3. Advertising in Color: Movie Posters and Genre -- 4. Seeing Is Believing: Themes in Great Depression and World War II Photography -- 5. Feast for the Eyes: Locating Visual Style in Network-Era American Situation Comedies -- 6. Opening the Archive: Visual Search and Discovery of the Met’s Open Access Program -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Datasets -- Index