Media and Urban Space

Media and Urban Space

Frank Eckardt (Ed.)

Media and Urban Space

Understanding, Investigating and Approaching Mediacity

ISBN
978-3-86596-142-6 9783865961426
Date of appearance
2007
Language
English
Binding
Paperback
Pages
354
Format
14.8 × 21.0 cm (B × H)
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Price
68.00 €

Contents

New information and communication techniques have significant influences on urban life. In this book, international and interdisciplinary research, projects and considerations about the emerging Mediacity are presented. Contributions from scientists, artists, and architects from 14 different countries are analyzing, researching and creatively approaching the cultural, social, political, and economical phenomena of the encounter between media and urban space.

Editor

Frank Eckardt is professor for “Sociology of Globalization” at the Bauhaus University in Weimar, Germany. He holds a PhD in Political Science. His main field of research is urban studies. Since 2004, he ist the coordinator of the research project Mediacity