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Book SynopsisLocation, location-awareness, and location data have all become familiar and increasingly significant parts of our everyday mobile-mediated experiences. Cultural Economies of Locative Media examines the ways in which location-based services, such as GPS-enabled mobile smartphones, are socially, culturally, economically, and politically produced just as much as they are technically designed and manufactured. Rowan Wilken explores the complex interrelationships that mutually define new business models and the economic factors that emerge around, and structure, locative media services. Further, he offers readers insight into the diverse social uses, cultures of consumption, and policy implications of location, providing a detailed, critical account of contemporary location-sensitive mobile data. Cultural Economies of Locative Media delves into the ideas, technologies, contexts, and power relationships that define this scholarship, resulting in a rich portrait of locative media in all of i
Trade ReviewCultural Economies of Locative Media is a well-crafted examination of locative media. Wilken's framing of the topic is clear, comprehensive, and original. * Mimi Sheller, Drexel University *
This book is interesting and timely. The originality of this work lies in its breadth of treatment of economic and regulatory issues, actual practices of usage, and privacy concerns. * Christian Licoppe, Télécom ParisTech *
Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction I. The Topography of Locative Media Section Introduction 1. Location Services Ecosystems 2. The Business of Maps 3. Location Integration and Data Markets II. Cultures of Use Section Introduction 4. Locative Media Arts and Political Aesthetics 5. App Entanglements 6. Territories of the City and the Self: Locative Mobile Social Networking, Urban Exploration and Identity Performance III. Geodata Capture and Privacy Section Introduction 7. Location Data Extraction and Retention 8. Mobile Social Networking and Locational Privacy Conclusion References Index
