{"product_id":"geographies-of-media-and-communication-isbn-9781405154147","title":"Geographies of Media and Communication","description":"\u003cb\u003eGeographies of Media and Communication\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom the invention of the telegraph to the emergence of the Internet, communications technologies have transformed the ways that people and places relate to each other. \u003ci\u003eGeographies of Media and Communication\u003c\/i\u003e is the first textbook to treat all aspects of geography’s variegated encounter with communication. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConnecting geographical ideas with communication theories such as intertextuality, audience-centered theory, and semiotics, Paul C. Adams explores media representations of places, the spatial diffusion of communication technologies, and the power of communication technologies to transform places, and to dictate who does and does not belong in them.  Introduction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. From the Spoken Word to the Alphabet.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. From the Printing Press to the Digital Signal.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Communication Flows and Flowmations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Topologies of Communication.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Inclusion\/Exclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Virtuality and Scattered Gatherings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Signs, Symbols and Signals.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. The Place Image.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Internalization\/Externalization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Place and the Power of Communication.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Traces and Routines.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Geographies of Expressive Being-in-Place.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Final Thoughts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFigures\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“In presenting a ‘humbler concept, a process rather than an object’ (p. 9) Adams’ book not only seems certain to be\u003cbr\u003e widely read beyond an undergraduate audience, but may be more likely to develop genuinely shared connections across such a broad spectrum of scholarship.”  \u003ci\u003e(\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eTijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 January 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul C. Adams \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor and Director of Urban Studies, in the Department of Geography and the Environment, University of Texas at Austin. His books include \u003ci\u003eTextures of Place: Exploring Humanist Geographies\u003c\/i\u003e (co-edited with Steven Hoelscher and Karen E. Till) (2001), \u003ci\u003eThe Boundless Self: Communication in Physical and Virtual Spaces\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), and \u003ci\u003eAtlantic Reverberations: French Representations of an American Presidential Election\u003c\/i\u003e (Ashgate, 2007).\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFrom the invention of the telegraph to the emergence of the Internet, communications technologies have transformed the ways that people and places relate to each other. \u003ci\u003eGeographies of Media and Communication\u003c\/i\u003e is the first textbook to treat all aspects of geography’s variegated encounter with communication.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConnecting geographical ideas with communication theories such as intertextuality, audience-centered theory, and semiotics, Paul C. Adams explores media representations of places, the spatial diffusion of communication technologies, and the power of communication technologies to transform places, and to dictate who does and does not belong in them.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989281882341,"sku":"NP9781405154147","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405154147.jpg?v=1761783505","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/geographies-of-media-and-communication-isbn-9781405154147","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}