Title: Media and the city : cosmopolitanism and difference /
Authors: Georgiou, Myria, 1971-
Year: 2013
Subjects: Mass media Social aspects; Cities and towns; Cosmopolitanism.; Mass media Sociological aspects.; Cities and towns Social aspects.; City and town life
Abstract: With the majority of the world's population now living in cities, questions about the cultural and political trajectories of urban societies are increasingly urgent. Media and the City explores the global city as the site where these questions become most prominent. As a space of intense communication and difference, the global city forces us to think about the challenges of living in close proximity to each other. Do we really see, hear and understand our neighbours? This engaging book examines the contradictory realities of cosmopolitanization as these emerge in four interfaces: co.
Contents: Introduction: The mediated cosmopolis -- Media and the city: synergies of power -- Consumption: the hegemonic and the vernacular -- Identity: popular culture and self-making -- Community: transnational solidarities -- Action: presence and marginality -- Epilogue: cosmopolitan contradictions.