Read Urban Communication: Production, Text, Context (Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture)

Urban Communication: Production, Text, Context (Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture)

Timothy A. Gibson

4.9/5 (21150 ratings)

Description:City leaders now confront a global competition for economic investment. Not surprisingly, urban elites have cast about for strategies that promise to secure for their cities a share of this future of global economic growth. What is remarkable, however, is that so many of these urban growth strategies are largely symbolic in nature. We see, for example, city leaders competing madly for the Olympics so that they can broadcast spectacular urban vistas to global television audiences. We see officials pouring public funds into tourist amenities, not so much for their tangible economic value, but rather because they help cultivate an image of vitality and renewal. We see, in short, a rich trade in images about "the city," usually for strategic economic reasons. But how are these image-building strategies produced in the crucible of local political struggle? How are the local politics of urban redevelopment intertwined with the global politics of circulating bold images of urban vitality? Who, if anyone, benefits from public investment in such 'image-building' activities? Urban Communication brings together a community of scholars from communication, cultural studies, and urban sociology to explore the symbolic dimensions of contemporary city-building, drawing on case studies from around the world.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Urban Communication: Production, Text, Context (Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture). To get started finding Urban Communication: Production, Text, Context (Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 0742540626

Description: City leaders now confront a global competition for economic investment. Not surprisingly, urban elites have cast about for strategies that promise to secure for their cities a share of this future of global economic growth. What is remarkable, however, is that so many of these urban growth strategies are largely symbolic in nature. We see, for example, city leaders competing madly for the Olympics so that they can broadcast spectacular urban vistas to global television audiences. We see officials pouring public funds into tourist amenities, not so much for their tangible economic value, but rather because they help cultivate an image of vitality and renewal. We see, in short, a rich trade in images about "the city," usually for strategic economic reasons. But how are these image-building strategies produced in the crucible of local political struggle? How are the local politics of urban redevelopment intertwined with the global politics of circulating bold images of urban vitality? Who, if anyone, benefits from public investment in such 'image-building' activities? Urban Communication brings together a community of scholars from communication, cultural studies, and urban sociology to explore the symbolic dimensions of contemporary city-building, drawing on case studies from around the world.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Urban Communication: Production, Text, Context (Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture). To get started finding Urban Communication: Production, Text, Context (Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

Urban Communication: Production, Text, Context (Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture)

Urban Communication: Production, Text, Context (Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture)

More Books

Urban Communication

Urban Communication

Urban Communication Systems

Urban Communication Systems

Analysis and Design of Multiple Element Antennas for Urban Communication

Analysis and Design of Multiple Element Antennas for Urban Communication

Promoting Urban Social Justice through Engaged Communication Scholarship

Promoting Urban Social Justice through Engaged Communication Scholarship

The Urban Communication Reader

The Urban Communication Reader

Urban Communication Regulation

Urban Communication Regulation

Urban Communication Reader IV

Urban Communication Reader IV

ICTs for Mobile and Ubiquitous Urban Infrastructures: Surveillance, Locative Media and Global Networks

ICTs for Mobile and Ubiquitous Urban Infrastructures: Surveillance, Locative Media and Global Networks

Urban Warfare

Urban Warfare