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Deciding where to live : information studies on where to live in America / edited by Melissa Ocepek and William Aspray.
Lippincott Library HD7293 .D355 2021
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Housing--United States.
- Housing.
- House buying.
- Social aspects.
- United States.
- House buying--Social aspects--United States.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 328 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2021]
- Summary:
- "This book explores major themes related to where to live in America, not only about the acquisition of a home but also the ways in which where one lives relates to one's cultural identity. It shows how changes in media and information technology are shaping both our housing choices and our understanding of the meaning of personal place"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Where to live as an information problem : three contemporary examples / William Aspray and Melissa G. Ocepek
- Turning in place : Real estate agents and the move from information custodians to information brokers / Steve Sawyer
- The evolving residential real estate information ecosystem : the rise of Zillow / James W. Cortada
- Privacy, surveillance, and the "smart home" / Philip Doty
- This old house, Fixer upper, and Better homes & gardens : the housing crisis and media sources / Melissa G. Ocepek
- A community responds to growth : an information story about what makes for a good place to live / Hannah Weber, Vaughan Nagy, Janghee Cho, and William Aspray
- The valley between us : the meta-hodology of racial segregation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin / Judith Pintar
- Modeling hope : boundary objects and design patterns in a heartland heterotopia / David Hopping
- Home buying in everyday life : how emotion and time pressure shape high stakes deciders' information behavior / Carol F. Landry
- In search of home : examining information seeking and sources that help African Americans determine where to live / Jamillah R. Gabriel
- Where to live in retirement : a complex information problem / William Aspray
- Closing statement.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Deciding where to live
- ISBN:
- 9781538139691
- 1538139693
- OCLC:
- 1183398817
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