# Mechanisms

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- Book: [Mechanisms](https://www.bookquiver.com/matthew-g-kirschenbaum/mechanisms) ([Mechanisms.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/matthew-g-kirschenbaum/mechanisms.md))
- Authors: [Matthew G. Kirschenbaum](https://www.bookquiver.com/matthew-g-kirschenbaum)
- Publisher: the_mit_press
- ISBN: 978-02-6251-740-9
- Pages: 320
- Published: 2012-01-06
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A new “textual studies” and archival approach to the investigation of works of new media and electronic literature that applies techniques of computer forensics to conduct media-specific readings...