ISBN:
9789048541508
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 Online-Ressource (324 p.)
Serie:
Cities and Cultures 7
DDC:
302.231
Schlagwort(e):
Cartography
;
Social media Political aspects
;
Technology Social aspects
;
Film, Media and Communication
;
Geography
;
Interdisciplinary Studies
;
Media Studies
;
Middle East
;
Sociology and Social History
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work
;
Media, Space, Knowledge, Middle East, North Africa
Kurzfassung:
A few months into the popular uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa (2009-2001), the promises of social media, including its ability to influence a participatory governance model, grassroots civic engagement, new social dynamics, inclusive societies and new opportunities for businesses and entrepreneurs, became more evident than ever. Simultaneously, cartography received new considerable interest as it merged with social media platforms. In an attempt to rearticulate the relationship between media and mapping practices, whilst also addressing new and social media, this interdisciplinary book abides by one relatively clear point: space is a media product. The overall focus of this book is accordingly not so much on the role of new technologies and social networks as it is on how media and mapping practices expand the very notion of cultural engagement, political activism, popular protest and social participation.
Anmerkung:
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Apr 2021)
DOI:
10.1515/9789048541508
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