Description
Book SynopsisGeomedia offers critical analysis of the new possibilities and power relations emerging in the public space of contemporary cities. As ubiquitous digital networks enable embedded and mobile devices to integrate place-specific data with real-time feedback circuits, everyday experience of public space has become subject to new demands.
Trade Review"This book is a reflexive navigation of the changing meanings and uses of public space at times of intense mediation. Through the concept of geomedia, McQuire skilfully brings the media back to the city and to the public space where sociality and politics are negotiated and contested."
Myria Georgiou, London School of Economics and Political Science
"Scott McGuire�s scholarly tour takes the reader from mimesis to urban screens, from the magic of the street to global interpersonal civics. His creative insights are rooted in an impressively diversified body of work from communication, urban, and architectural theorists. GeoMedia is an absolute primer in urban communication."
Gary Gumpert, Queens College of the City University of New YorkTable of ContentsContents
00 Introduction
01 Transforming Media and Public Space
02 Googling the City
03 Participatory Public Space
04 Urban Screens and Urban Media Events
05 Recomposing Public Space
Notes
References
Index
