Publication

2013 - Polity Press

Language

English

Word Count

54,000 words, Guess

Page Count

216 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780745648569
  • ISBN-100745648568
  • Better World Books9780745648569
  • Better World BooksKS-101-877
  • Open LibraryOL34486025M

Classifications

  • LCCHM1206

Description

With the majority of the world's population now living in cities, questions about the cultural and political trajectories of urban societies are increasingly urgent. Media and the City explores the global city as the site where these questions become most prominent. As a space of intense communication and difference, the global city forces us to think about the challenges of living in close proximity to each other. Do we really see, hear and understand our neighbours? This engaging book examines the contradictory realities of cosmopolitanization as these emerge in four interfaces: co.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Media and the CityPolity Press2013

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