Chapter 8
The birth of the “neoliberal” city and its media
Beyond the “new media” city
This chapter’s account of the birth of “neoliberal” city and its media shares with various veins of research in Communication and Media Studies, Urban Sociology, and Geography an interest in the “new media” city. However, this chapter proposes an alternative theory, history, and analysis of the past and current relation between media and cities, specifically questioning recent formulations of the (new) media city. To what extent have recent theories’ and analyses’ understanding of the linkage between media and urban space emphasized that one is the primary determination of the other? To what extent have they emphasized politics, economy, culture, ...
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