Geomedia : networked cities and the future of public space / Scott McQuire.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McQuire, Scott, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public spaces.

Digital communications.

Mass media and culture.

Information technology--Social aspects.

Information technology.

Urbanization.

Physical Description:

vii, 213 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2016.

Summary:

"Geomedia offers critical analysis of the new possibilities and power relations emerging in the public space of contemporary cities. As ubiquitous digital networks enable embedded and mobile devices to integrate place-specific data with real-time feedback circuits, everyday experience of public space has become subject to new demands. Looking beyond debates framed by the dominance of surveillance and spectacle, McQuire asks: how might the kind of collaborative practices that have flourished in art and online cultures be translated into urban space? In the urban crisis of the 1960s, Henri Lefebvre argued that the capacity for a city & rsquo;s inhabitants to actively appropriate the time and space of their surroundings was a critical dimension of modern democracy. What does it mean to speak of & lsquo;the right to the city & rsquo; in the context of the networked city? Addressing this question through a series of case studies, this cutting-edge text highlights the tensions between citizen and consumer, communication and surveillance, participation and control, which define contemporary struggles over public space"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Transforming Media and Public Space 17

2 Googling the City 65

3 Participatory Public Space 91

4 Urban Screens and Urban Media Events 123

5 Re composing Public Space 157.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: McQuire, Scott, author. Geomedia, networked cities and the politics of urban space.

ISBN:

9780745660752

0745660754

9780745660769

0745660762

OCLC:

945357315