Place, Space, and Mediated Communication - 9781138227903

Taylor & Francis

Place, Space, and Mediated CommunicationExploring Context Collapse\nAuthor(s): Carolyn Marvin, Hong Sun-ha\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138227903, 978-1138227903\nSynopsis\nPlace, Space, and Mediated Communication explores how new communications technologies are able to disrupt our spatial understanding, and in so doing, reorganize the boundaries of human experience: a phenomenon that can rightly be described as context collapse.\n\nIndividual essays investigate context collapse in a variety of geographical and temporal settings, including: the US drone war in Pakistan, social media and sexuality in Paris, privacy and privilege in Brazil, and videogames and resistance in Iran. This cross-disciplinary collection of essays demonstrates how communication and space are co-constituted, and models exciting new paths of inquiry for researchers. \n\nPlace, Space, and Mediated Communication is suitable for students an.