A Sense of Place

The Global and the Local in Mobile Communication

496 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Issues of placelessness, the spatial and social relations created by television’s emergence as a dominant medium, have been around since the mid-1980s. With the triumphant march of mobile telephony these issues today appear to gain new significance, and are seen in a new light. Social science focussing on mobile communication increasingly recognizes that the mobile telephone is not only a revolutionary instrument that connects people globally, it is also a powerful tool for connections on a more local scale: an organizer of life in small spaces and communities. The volume contains papers by, among others, Joshua Meyrowitz, Albert-László Barabási, Mark Poster, and James Katz.

• Reihe: Passagen Philosophie
• Themen: Lexika Interdisziplinäre Studien Kommunikationswissenschaft
• ISBN: 9783851656992
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.06.2005
• Größe: 23.5 x 15.5 cm
• Verlag: Passagen
• Herausgegeben von: Kristóf Nyíri