{"product_id":"geographies-of-media-and-communication-hardback-9781405154130","title":"Geographies of Media and Communication (Hardback) 9781405154130","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGeographies of Media and Communication\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePaul C. Adams (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405154130, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 13 February 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 2 cm, 0.662 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In presenting a ‘humbler concept, a process rather than an object’ (p. 9) Adams’ book not only seems certain to be 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\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\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\n\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\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction. \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\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Geography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Geography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Geography%20%5BRG%5D%22\"\u003eRG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52437776695576,"sku":"9781405154130","price":73.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405154130.jpg?v=1784939518","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/geographies-of-media-and-communication-hardback-9781405154130","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}