TY  - BOOK
AU  - Halegoua,Germaine R.
TI  - The Digital City: Media and the Social Production of Place 
T2  - Critical Cultural Communication
SN  - 9781479839216
U1  - 307.76 23/eng/20230216
PY  - 2020///]
CY  - New York, NY : 
PB  - New York University Press, 
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Foursquare
KW  - GPS
KW  - Google Fiber
KW  - Instagram
KW  - Kansas City
KW  - National Endowment for the Arts
KW  - Portugal
KW  - South Korea
KW  - United Arab Emirates
KW  - broadband networks
KW  - cognitive mapping
KW  - creative placemaking projects
KW  - creative placemaking
KW  - digital connection
KW  - digital connectivity
KW  - digital environments
KW  - digital inclusion
KW  - digital infrastructure
KW  - digital maps
KW  - digital media technology
KW  - digital media use
KW  - digital media
KW  - digital storytelling
KW  - digital technology
KW  - funding for digital initiatives
KW  - funding practices
KW  - geo-location
KW  - institutional support
KW  - location-based social media
KW  - locative media
KW  - mobile navigation
KW  - navigation technology
KW  - place and society
KW  - placemaking
KW  - smart city
KW  - smart-from-the-start city
KW  - social media
KW  - urban environments
KW  - urban mapping
KW  - urban planning
KW  - urban renewal
KW  - urban space
KW  - urbanism
KW  - wayfinding strategies
N1  - restricted access
N2  - Shows how digital media connects people to their lived environments Every day, millions of people turn to small handheld screens to search for their destinations and to seek recommendations for places to visit. They may share texts or images of themselves and these places en route or after their journey is complete. We don't consciously reflect on these activities and probably don't associate these practices with constructing a sense of place. Critics have argued that digital media alienates users from space and place, but this book argues that the exact opposite is true: that we habitually use digital technologies to re-embed ourselves within urban environments. The Digital City advocates for the need to rethink our everyday interactions with digital infrastructures, navigation technologies, and social media as we move through the world. Drawing on five case studies from global and mid-sized cities to illustrate the concept of "re-placeing," Germaine R. Halegoua shows how different populations employ urban broadband networks, social and locative media platforms, digital navigation, smart cities, and creative placemaking initiatives to turn urban spaces into places with deep meanings and emotional attachments. Through timely narratives of everyday urban life, Halegoua argues that people use digital media to create a unique sense of place within rapidly changing urban environments and that a sense of place is integral to understanding contemporary relationships with digital media
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