Awards

• Winner of Jane Jacobs Urban Communication Book Award 2007
• Winner of Jane Jacobs Urban Communication Book Award 2007.
• Winner of NCA Jane Jacobs Urban Communication Award.

Overview

City leaders confront a global competition for economic investment, and urban elites are casting about for strategies that promise to secure a share of this future of global economic growth. This book brings together scholars from communication, cultural studies, and urban sociology to explore the symbolic dimensions of contemporary city-building.

Full Product Details

Author:   Timothy A. Gibson ,  Mark Lowes ,  Caroline Andrew ,  Asef Bayat
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Dimensions:   Width: 15.90cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.20cm
Weight:   0.458kg
ISBN:  

9780742540613

ISBN 10:   0742540618
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   10 October 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

"Chapter 1 Introduction: The City as Production, Text, Context Part 2 I The City in Production Chapter 3 1 Neoliberal Revitalization: Prison Building, Casinos, and Tourism in Louisiana Chapter 4 2 Internet Politics the Singapore Way Chapter 5 3 A Neo-Bohemian Rhapsody: Cultural Vibrancy and Controlled Edge as Urban Development Tools in the ""New Creative Economy"" Chapter 6 4 City Living, DC Style: The Political-Economic Limits of Urban Branding Campaigns Part 7 II The City as Text Chapter 8 5 ""They Stand for All the Things I Hate"": Georgian Architecture and Cultural Memory in Contemporary Dublin Chapter 9 6 Trying To Be World-Class: Ottawa and the Presentation of Self Chapter 10 7 Plugola: News for Profit, Entertainment, and Network Consolidation Part 11 III The City in Context Chapter 12 8 Communicating Urban Values Through Megasport Events: The Case of Australia's "" High performance"" Cities Chapter 13 9 From ""Dangerous Classes"" to ""Quiet Rebels"": The Politics of the Subaltern in the Global South Chapter 14 10 The Empire at Ground Zero Chapter 15 Bibliography"

Reviews

This collection is a unique blend of analyses by urban scholars and specialists in communication. The contributors remind us that the narrative construction of the city is a constantly changing process with powerful consequences. -- Dennis R. Judd, University of Illinois, Chicago; coauthor, City Politics: The Political Economy of Urban America; coeditor, American Urban Polit The city is a dynamic space and place in transition, shaped and reshaped by the convergence of communication technology. Urban Communication makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the dynamics and importance of the city. It is a critical time for the city as the economic reconfiguration of the urban/suburban landscape occurs. It is a crucial time as the needs and values of a population in flux are being reshaped. The challenge is to design and integrate the contemporary city keeping in mind both economic vitality and quality of life issues. Gibson and Lowes's anthology signifies another step in the maturation of urban communication as a discipline. -- Gary Gumpert, president, the Urban Communication Foundation Recommended. * CHOICE * Bridging communication studies and urban studies from a critical studies approach takes the growing field of urban communication in new directions. In so doing this volume addresses issues of the relationship between the 'sense of place' and 'image of place.' What do communication scholars have to bring to the table in understanding and improving the urban environment? This volume shows the answer to that question?a great deal! The study of urban communication is based on the notion that cities are inherently places of and products of communication. The city has long been ignored, or at best marginalized, in communication studies. There are fundamental questions of communication facing cities, suburbs, and exurbs today. This volume makes asignificant contribution, inviting communication scholars to consider how their own research can inform our understanding of urban dilemmas. Further, it invites community leaders to consider the relevance and value of communication research.. -- Susan Drucker, Hofstra University; co-editor, Voices in the Street: Explorations in Gender, Media, and Public Space Bridging communication studies and urban studies from a critical studies approach takes the growing field of urban communication in new directions. In so doing this volume addresses issues of the relationship between the 'sense of place' and 'image of place.' What do communication scholars have to bring to the table in understanding and improving the urban environment? This volume shows the answer to that question—a great deal! The study of urban communication is based on the notion that cities are inherently places of and products of communication. The city has long been ignored, or at best marginalized, in communication studies. There are fundamental questions of communication facing cities, suburbs, and exurbs today. This volume makes a significant contribution, inviting communication scholars to consider how their own research can inform our understanding of urban dilemmas. Further, it invites community leaders to consider the relevance and value of communication research. -- Susan Drucker, Hofstra University; co-editor, <I>Voices in the Street: Explorations in Gender, Media, and Public Space<I>

This collection is a unique blend of analyses by urban scholars and specialists in communication. The contributors remind us that the narrative construction of the city is a constantly changing process with powerful consequences. -- Dennis R. Judd, University of Illinois, Chicago; coauthor, City Politics: The Political Economy of Urban America; coeditor, American Urban Polit The city is a dynamic space and place in transition, shaped and reshaped by the convergence of communication technology. Urban Communication makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the dynamics and importance of the city. It is a critical time for the city as the economic reconfiguration of the urban/suburban landscape occurs. It is a crucial time as the needs and values of a population in flux are being reshaped. The challenge is to design and integrate the contemporary city keeping in mind both economic vitality and quality of life issues. Gibson and Lowes's anthology signifies another step in the maturation of urban communication as a discipline. -- Gary Gumpert, president, the Urban Communication Foundation Recommended. CHOICE Bridging communication studies and urban studies from a critical studies approach takes the growing field of urban communication in new directions. In so doing this volume addresses issues of the relationship between the 'sense of place' and 'image of place.' What do communication scholars have to bring to the table in understanding and improving the urban environment? This volume shows the answer to that question?a great deal! The study of urban communication is based on the notion that cities are inherently places of and products of communication. The city has long been ignored, or at best marginalized, in communication studies. There are fundamental questions of communication facing cities, suburbs, and exurbs today. This volume makes asignificant contribution, inviting communication scholars to consider how their own research can inform our understanding of urban dilemmas. Further, it invites community leaders to consider the relevance and value of communication research.. -- Susan Drucker, Hofstra University; co-editor, Voices in the Street: Explorations in Gender, Media, and Public Space Bridging communication studies and urban studies from a critical studies approach takes the growing field of urban communication in new directions. In so doing this volume addresses issues of the relationship between the 'sense of place' and 'image of place.' What do communication scholars have to bring to the table in understanding and improving the urban environment? This volume shows the answer to that question-a great deal! The study of urban communication is based on the notion that cities are inherently places of and products of communication. The city has long been ignored, or at best marginalized, in communication studies. There are fundamental questions of communication facing cities, suburbs, and exurbs today. This volume makes a significant contribution, inviting communication scholars to consider how their own research can inform our understanding of urban dilemmas. Further, it invites community leaders to consider the relevance and value of communication research. -- Susan Drucker, Hofstra University; co-editor, Voices in the Street: Explorations in Gender, Media, and Public Space

Bridging communication studies and urban studies from a critical studies approach takes the growing field of urban communication in new directions. In so doing this volume addresses issues of the relationship between the 'sense of place' and 'image of place.' What do communication scholars have to bring to the table in understanding and improving the urban environment? This volume shows the answer to that question a great deal!The study of urban communication is based on the notion that cities are inherently places of and products of communication. The city has long been ignored, or at best marginalized, in communication studies. There are fundamental questions of communication facing cities, suburbs, and exurbs today. This volume makes a significant contribution, inviting communication scholars to consider how their own research can inform our understanding of urban dilemmas. Further, it invites community leaders to consider the relevance and value of communication research.--Susan Dr

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Timothy A. Gibson is assistant professor of communication at George Mason University. Mark Lowes is associate professor of communication at the University of Ottawa in Canada.

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