Cultural Economies of Locative Media

Cultural Economies of Locative Media examines the enduring importance of location and, more specifically, the important role that location plays in regards to mobile devices.

List of contents

• Preface


• Acknowledgments


• Introduction


• I. The Topography of Locative Media


• Section Introduction


• 1. Location Services Ecosystems


• 2. The Business of Maps


• 3. Location Integration and Data Markets


• II. Cultures of Use


• Section Introduction


• 4. Locative Media Arts and Political Aesthetics


• 5. App Entanglements


• 6. Territories of the City and the Self: Locative Mobile Social Networking, Urban Exploration and Identity Performance


• III. Geodata Capture and Privacy


• Section Introduction


• 7. Location Data Extraction and Retention


• 8. Mobile Social Networking and Locational Privacy


• Conclusion


• References


• Index

About the author

Rowan Wilken is Associate Professor of Media & Communication and Principal Research Fellow in the Digital Ethnography Research Centre (DERC) at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University in Australia.

Summary

Cultural Economies of Locative Media examines the enduring importance of location and, more specifically, the important role that location plays in regards to mobile devices.

Additional text

This book is interesting and timely. The originality of this work lies in its breadth of treatment of economic and regulatory issues, actual practices of usage, and privacy concerns.

Product details

• Authors: Rowan Wilken, Rowan (Associate Professor of Media & Comm Wilken, Wilken Rowan
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.11.2019
• EAN: 9780190234928
• ISBN: 978-0-19-023492-8
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Studies in Mobile Communication
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > IT; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Mobile & Wireless Communications, Mobile phone technology, Social issues & processes, Communication Studies, Social and ethical issues, Media, Information & Communication Industries