Netspaces : space and place in a networked world / Katharine S. Willis (Plymouth University, UK).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Willis, Katharine S., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mobile computing.

Internet--Social aspects.

Internet.

Cyberspace.

Physical Description:

x, 181 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2016]

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Infrastructures

1.1.Networked Infrastructures

1.2. Meshworks and Assemblages

1.3. Historical Context

1.4. Making Sense of the City

1.5. Case Study: The Cloud

1.6. Summary

2. Places

2.1.Networked Places

2.2. Digital Places

2.3. Historical Context

2.4. Digital Places

2.5. Case Study: Location-based Social Networks

2.6. Summary

3. Boundaries

3.1. Digital Thresholds

3.2. Digital Boundaries

3.3. Historical Context

3.4. Thresholds

3.5. Case Study: Public Wireless Networks

3.6. Summary

4. Publics

4.1.Networked Publics

4.2. Performing Spaces

4.3. Historical Context

4.4. New Digital Publics

4.5. Case Study: Urban Screens

4.5. Summary

5. Times

5.1. Digital Rhythms

5.2. Times and Rhythms

5.3. Historical Context

5.4. Digital Rhythms

5.5. Case Study: `Real Time' Cities

5.6. Summary

6. Things

6.1.Networked Things

6.2. Digital and Material Worlds

6.3. Historical Context

6.4. Connected Objects, People and Spaces

6.5. Case Study: Smart Homes

6.6. Summary

7. Future Challenges

7.1.Netspaces

7.2. Design Challenges.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-173) and index.

ISBN:

9781472438621

1472438620

9781472438645

1472438647

OCLC:

934881607