{"product_id":"communications-and-mobility-9781405192019","title":"Communications and Mobility","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommunications and Mobility\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique, interdisciplinary look at mobility, territory, communication, and transport in the 21\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e century with extended case studies of three icons of this era: the mobile phone, the migrant, and the container box.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eUrges scholars in media and communication to return to broader conceptions of the field that include mobility of all kindsinformation, people, and commodities\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEmbraces perspectives from media studies, science and technology studies, sociology, media anthropology, and cultural geography\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses ideas of virtual and embodied mobility, network geographies, de-territorialization, sedentarism, nomadology, connectivity, containment, and exclusion\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntegrates the often-neglected transport studies into contemporary communication studies and theories of globalization\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In sum, this book delivers a rich and nuanced illumination of the impact of the inseparable material and virtual dimensions of media and communications in our contemporary world.” -- Mobile Media and Communication Volume 8 (1) 2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book \"weaves together perspectives on communication, mobility, territory and transport from various disciplines\" and \" offers a new and broader theoretical framework... historicizing and culturally contextualising communications, which will deepen and enrich readers` understanding of technologies and mobilities in the contemporary world\" – European Journal of Cultural Studies, First Published 13 Jan 2020\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Redefining Communications 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I The Return of Geopolitics 19\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Communications, Transport, and Territory 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Constituting Europe: Empires, Nations, and Techno]zones 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Reconceptualizing Communications: Mobilities and Geographies 57\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Sedentarism, Nomadology, and “New Mobilities” 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Disaggregating Mobilities: Zoning, Exclusion, and Containment 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Geography, Topography, and Topology: Networks and Infrastructures 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Virtual and the Actual: Being There, Disembodiment, and Deterritorialization 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III The Mobility of People, Information, and Commodities: Case Studies in Communications Geography 131\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Migration: Changing Paradigms, Embodied Mobilities, and Material Practices 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Mobile Communications and Ubiquitous Connectivity: Technologies of Transformation? 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Containerization as Globalization: The Mobility of Commodities 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 233\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407925125463,"sku":"9781405192019","price":66.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405192019.jpg?v=1730500975","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/communications-and-mobility-9781405192019","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}