Urban Communication Reader Volume 2 (Harvey Jassem, Gene Burd and Susan J. Drucker)
	Quantity in Basket:none Code: 978-1-57273-949-9 Price:$26.50 Title: Urban Communication Reader Volume 2 Editor(s): Harvey Jassem, Gene Burd and Susan J. Drucker Publish Date: April 2010 Pages: 226 Format: Paper
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This second Urban Communication Reader extends the interdisciplinary research focus to explain and understand communication in cities through an examination of images that shape urban identity, policies, and action. Scholars therein probe different topics from different directions, and direct readers toward a common urban orientation to produce new insights into urban communication. The topics include: changes in the use of urban land whether in renewed downtowns or expanded malls; changes in media technology; the impact of events on spaces and places from sports to natural disasters; the urban function of advertising, commerce, health and community attachment; and reflections on the traditional geographical role of streets and front porches amid the newly emerging virtual places created by the Internet. These entries shed new light on urban communication, on the city as intersection; on the tensions among individuals and the general good; on conflicts between public and private space; and on the sites and rights in cities. The Reader adds another dimension which explains how communication and cities are inseparable and perpetual. Contents: Introduction, Harvey Jassem. IMAGES AS CITY. Unraveling Ideological Seams: Kelo v. New London and the Cultural Politics of Eminent Domain, Timothy A. Gibson. Lazarus, the Dead Mall and the Demise of the City Center, Tim Simpson. The Disposable Polis: Imagining Urban Uncertainty through Technological Space, Stephanie Grey. Information Society Landscapes: Narratives of Technology, Power, and Race, John Monberg. Transforming Chicago: A Place War for the Olympic Bid, Ben Shields and Irving Rein. Modeling Neighborhood Attachment Influences, Leo W. Jeffres, Jae-won Lee, and Guowei Jian. CITY AS INTERSECTION. Media and the Archaeology of the City: Historical Perspectives on Urban and Media Development, Gary Gumpert and Susan J. Drucker. Whatever Happened to the Front Porch?: A Material Culture Approach to Urban Communication, Barbara M. Kelly. Putting the Network in its Place, Lou Rutigliano. Understanding Outdoor Advertising in Global City Centers: Two Exploratory Case Studies from Hong Kong and Seoul, Casey Man Kong Lum and Dong Hoo Lee. Streets as Endangered Sites for Urban Communication, Gene Burd. Author Index. Subject Index.