How human meanings, practices and interactions produce and are produced by urban space is the focus of this timely and exciting addition to the study of urban communication.

Challenging notions of the 'urban' as physically, economically or technologically determined, this book explores key intersections of discourse, materiality, technology, mobility, identity and inequality in acts of communication across urban and urbanizing contexts. From leisure and media consumption among Chinese migrant workers in a Guangdong village to the diverse networks and communication infrastructures of global cities like London and Los Angeles, this collection combines a range of perspectives to ask fundamental questions about the significance and status of cities in times of intensified mediation and connectivity.

With case studies from Italy, Britain, Ireland, Russia, the United States and China, this international collection demonstrates that both empirical and critical knowledge on the relationship between communication and urban life has become vital across the humanities and social sciences.

Communicating the City will be essential reading for all scholars and students who desire to gain an in-depth understanding of the multiple roles that media and communication have in lived experiences of the city.

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Information

Publisher

Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers

Year

2017

ISBN

9781453919026

Edition

Topic

Social Sciences

Subtopic

Sociology

Index

Social Sciences

Cover
Contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Foreword (Susan Drucker / Gary Gumpert)
Introduction: Communicating the city between the centre and the margins (Giorgia Aiello / Matteo Tarantino)
Part One: Imagining the City
Part Two: Making the City
Part Three: Sharing the City
Afterword: Communication and the city (Kate Oakley / Giorgia Aiello)
Notes on Contributors
Index