ABSTRACT
An international roster of contributors come together in this comprehensive volume to examine the complex interactions between mobile media technologies and issues of place. Balancing philosophical reflection with empirical analysis, this book examines the specific contexts in which place and mobile technologies come into focus, intersect, and interact. Given the far-reaching impact of contemporary mobile technology use – and given the lasting importance of the concept and experiences of place – this book will appeal to a wide range of scholars in media and cultural studies, sociology, and philosophy of technology.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |54 pages
Theorizing Place and Mobiles
part |66 pages
Media, Publics, and Place-Making
chapter |32 pages
When Urban Public Places Become “Hybrid Ecologies”
chapter |15 pages
The Urban Dynamics of Net Localities
part |51 pages
Urbanity, Rurality, and the Scene of Mobiles
part |54 pages
Bodies, Screens, and Relations of Place