Gordon / de Souza e Silva Net Locality

Why Location Matters in a Networked World
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4443-4065-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 208 Seiten, E-Book

The first book to provide an introduction to the new theory of Net Locality and the profound effect on individuals and societies when everything is located or locatable.
* Describes net locality as an emerging form of location awareness central to all aspects of digital media, from mobile phones, to Google Maps, to location-based social networks and games, such as Foursquare and facebook.
* Warns of the threats these technologies, such as data surveillance, present to our sense of privacy, while also outlining the opportunities for pro-social developments.
* Provides a theory of the web in the context of the history of emerging technologies, from GeoCities to GPS, Wi-Fi, Wiki Me, and Google Android.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gordon, Eric

de Souza e Silva, Adriana

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements.
Introduction.
1: Maps.
2: Mobile Annotations.
3: Social Networks and Games.
4: Urban Space.
5: Community.
6: Privacy.
7: Globalization.
8 Conclusion.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Eric Gordon is Associate Professor of New Media at EmersonCollege in Boston. He is the author of The Urban Spectator:American Concept-cities from Kodak to Google (2010) and he isthe director of the Engagement Game Lab, where he designs andstudies digital games that enhance local civic engagement.
Adriana de Souza e Silva is Associate Professor at the ITUniversity of Copenhagen in the Design, Culture, Mobility, andCommunication (DCMC) research group, and Associate Professor ofCommunication at North Carolina State University. She is theco-editor (with Daniel M. Sutko) of the book Digital Cityscapes:Merging Digital and Urban Playspaces (2009) and affiliatedfaculty with the NCSU Digital Games Research Center.