ISBN:
9781845207595
,
1845207602
,
9781847883346
,
1845207599
,
9781845207601
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (x, 228 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Consuming Media : Communication, Shopping and Everyday Life
DDC:
302.23
Keywords:
Communication Social aspects
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Mass media Social aspects
;
Consumption (Economics) Social aspects
;
Communication ; Social aspects
;
Consumption (Economics) ; Social aspects
;
Mass media ; Social aspects
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Inspired by Walter Benjamin''s classical Arcades Project, Consuming Media is a pioneering exploration of the interface between communication, shopping and everyday life. Based on a six-year study by over a dozen scholars on a specific site, it analyses the links between power, media and consumption in contemporary urban culture. Illustrated with rich ethnographic detail, Consuming Media scrutinizes four main media circuits - print media, media images, sound and motion, and hardware machines - to assess how media texts and technologies are selected, purchased and used. Exploring the relations
Description / Table of Contents:
CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; THE AUTHORS; TABLES AND FIGURES; 1. LOCATING MEDIA PRACTICES; 2. CONSUMPTION AND COMMUNICATION; 3. PRINT MEDIA; 4. MEDIA IMAGES; 5. SOUND AND MOTION; 6. HARDWARE MACHINES; 7. INTERMEDIAL CROSSINGS; 8. LAYERS OF TIME; 9. TRANSLOCAL SPACES; 10. COMMUNICATIVE POWER; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [196]-224) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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