Media, place and mobility /

"Media, Place and Mobility offers a new understanding of media uses as place-making practices in everyday living. Drawing primarily on phenomenological perspectives, Shaun Moores focuses on the ways in which people inhabit physical and media environments, and he explores the bodily and technolo...

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Main Author:	Moores, Shaun
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Series:	Key concerns in media studies.
Subjects:	Mass media > Social aspects. Mass media and technology > Social aspects. Information technology > Social aspects. Mobile communication systems > Social aspects. Human geography > Social aspects. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE / General. PERFORMING ARTS / General.
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Summary:	"Media, Place and Mobility offers a new understanding of media uses as place-making practices in everyday living. Drawing primarily on phenomenological perspectives, Shaun Moores focuses on the ways in which people inhabit physical and media environments, and he explores the bodily and technologically mediated mobilities that are involved in this activity of dwelling. His discussion includes many specific examples of mobility, from the manipulation of remote-control devices to the movements of walking and driving in the city or of getting around in online social spaces. Written in an accessible style, the book invites its readers to participate in the interdisciplinary adventure of non-media-centric media studies"--
Physical Description:	xiii, 128 pages ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-122) and index.
ISBN:	9780230244634 (pbk.) 0230244637 (pbk.)