Media, place and mobility / Shaun Moores.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moores, Shaun.

Series:

Key concerns in media studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Social aspects.

Mass media.

Mass media and technology--Social aspects.

Mass media and technology.

Information technology--Social aspects.

Information technology.

Mobile communication systems--Social aspects.

Mobile communication systems.

Human geography--Social aspects.

Human geography.

Social aspects.

Physical Description:

xiii, 128 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Summary:

"Media, Place and Mobility offers a new understanding of media uses as place-making practices in everyday living. Drawing primarily on phenomenological perspectives, Shaun Moores focuses on the ways in which people inhabit physical and media environments, and he explores the bodily and technologically mediated mobilities that are involved in this activity of dwelling. His discussion includes many specific examples of mobility, from the manipulation of remote-control devices to the movements of walking and driving in the city or of getting around in online social spaces. Written in an accessible style, the book invites its readers to participate in the interdisciplinary adventure of non-media-centric media studies"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

Preface and Acknowledgements

The Situational Geography of Social Life

When Space Feels Thoroughly Familiar

Forms of Dwelling in a World of Flux

Conclusion: Non-Media-Centric Media Studies

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230244634

0230244637

OCLC:

760977181

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