digitization-of-culture
The text discusses the digitization of cultural artifacts and texts, enabling quantitative cultural analysis and new forms of knowledge production.
1 chapter across 1 book
The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies (2014)Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee
Chapter 4, "The Digitization of Just About Everything," explores the pervasive impact of digitization across various domains, highlighting how digital technologies transform information creation, distribution, and consumption. It discusses the rise of networked platforms, the exponential growth of data (including social media and big data analytics), and the implications for knowledge, culture, and economic activity. The chapter also references key examples such as IBM Watson, social media forecasting, and large-scale digitization projects like Google Books to illustrate the scope and scale of digital transformation.