Ambient screens and transnational public spaces /edited by Nikos Papastergiadis.

Ambient screens and transnational public spaces /edited by Nikos Papastergiadis. - Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

Prelude -- facet one. Mediatization -- 1. Introduction : screen cultures and public spaces / facet two. Large screen projects : a dossier -- 2. Walls, attractions, and media : an archaeology of public visual displays / 3. Big Screens, little acts : transformations in the structures and operations of public address / 4. Shanghai's public screen culture : local and coeval / 5. Defining the public in Piccadilly Circus / 6. Digital public infrastructures for creative communities : the case of the Quartier des Spectacles / 7. The inside/outside equation : building skins and screens / facet three. Large screens and the transnational public sphere -- 8. Mobile methods and large screens / facet four. Ambient screens -- 9. Conclusion : ambient screens / Nikos Papastergiadis, Amelia Barikin, Scott McQuire, and Audrey Yue -- Erkki Huhtamo -- Justin Clemens, Christopher Dodds, and Adam Nash -- Chris Berry -- Sean Cubitt -- Claude Fortin, Kate Hennessy, and Carman Neustaedter -- Gary Gumpert and Susan J. Drucker -- Nikos Papastergiadis, Amelia Barikin, Xin Gu, Scott McQuire, and Audrey Yue -- Nikos Papastergiadis, Amelia Barikin, and Scott McQuire.

Large public screens have now become a ubiquitous part of the contemporary cityscape. Far from being simply oversized televisions, the media experts contributing to Ambient Screens and Transnational Public Spaces put forward a strong case that such screens could serve as important sites for cultural exchange. Advances in digital technology spell the possibilities of conducting mobile modes of interaction across national boundaries, and in the process expose the participants to novel sensory experiences, giving rise to a new form of public culture. Understanding this phenomenon calls for a reco.



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Television broadcasting--Social aspects.
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PN1992 / .A435 2016