Distant Viewing

Computational Exploration of Digital Images

Taylor Arnold, Lauren Tilton

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MIT Press
17 October 2023

Library & information sciences; Media studies; Computer vision

"A new theory and methodology for the application of computer vision methods to the computational analysis of collected, digitized visual materials, called ""distant viewing.""

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 analysis of digital images, offering a lively, constructive critique of computer vision that you can actually use. What does it mean to say that computer vision ""understands"" visual inputs? Annotations never capture a whole image. The way digital images convey information requires what researchers Taylor Arnold and Lauren Tilton call ""distant viewing""-a play on the well-known term ""distant reading"" from computational literary analysis.

Recognizing computer vision's limitations, Arnold and Tilton's spirited examination makes the technical exciting by applying distant viewing to the sitcoms Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie, movie posters and other popular forms of advertising, and Dorothea Lange's photography. In the tradition of visual culture studies and computer vision, Distant Viewing's interdisciplinary perspective encompasses film and media studies, visual semiotics, and the sciences to create a playful, accessible guide for an international audience working in digital humanities, data science, media studies, and visual culture studies."

By: Taylor Arnold, Lauren Tilton
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 154mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 340g
ISBN: 9780262546133
ISBN 10: 0262546132
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 17 October 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 1 Distant Viewing: Theory 9 2 Distant Viewing: Method 33 3 Advertising in Color: Movie Posters and Genre 57 4 Seeing is Believing: Themes in Great Depression and World War II Photography 97 5 Feast for the Eyes: Locating Visual Style in Network-Era American Situation Comedies 145 6 Opening the Archive: Visual Search and Discovery of the Met's Open Access Program 177 Conclusion 221 Glossary 225 Notes 227 Bibliography 249 Datasets 265 Index 269

Taylor Arnold is Associate Professor at the University of Richmond in the interdisciplinary programs in Data Science and Linguistics. A recipient of grants from the NEH and ACLS, Arnold's research focuses on the interdisciplinary study of how messages are communicated through texts and visual media. He has published three books, most recently Layered Lives. Lauren Tilton is Associate Professor of Digital Humanities in the Department of Rhetoric and Communication Studies at the University of Richmond. Her research combines American Studies and digital humanities to the study of modern visual culture. She is the author of four books, including Layered Lives. Together, Arnold and Tilton run the Distant Viewing lab at the University of Richmond.