Geographies of Communication

The relationship between space and communication is becoming more complex. Mediatisation blurs the boundaries between different spaces, as well as between dimensions of space. It also leads to the re-articulation of geographical territories – often (re)producing socio-political values and power struggles. This book departs from the assertion that the changing character of media society calls for a spatial turn in media studies. There are clear signs that such a turn is on its way. But no account has yet been formulated for the full potential of this. Gathering new analyses from leading Nordic media scholars, geographers and ethnologists, this book provides a broad view of the perspectives that emerge from the spatial turn. The chapters explore issues such as (trans)nationality, tourism, urban culture, interactive media, and the networking of domestic space. Together, they map out what might become a new sub-field within media and cultural studies: the geography of communication.

Content

Preface

Towards a Geography of Communication
André Jansson, Jesper Falkheimer

I Mapping the Field

Media Geography. From Patterns of Diffusion to the Complexity of Meanings
Birgit Stöber

Media Studies, Geographical Imaginations and Relational Space
Richard Ek

Electronic Geographies. Media Landscapes as Technological and Symbolic Environments
Göran Bolin

Textural Analysis. Materialising Media Space
André Jansson

II Mediated Spaces

“Fortress Europe”. Ideological Metaphors of Media Geographies
Inka Salovaara-Moring

When Place Images Collide. Place Branding and News Journalism
Jesper Falkheimer

Blank Spaces. The Mediation of Nature in Travel Advertisements
Åsa Thelander

Armchair Travelling with Pilot Guides. Cartographic and Sensuous Strategies
Anne Marit Waade

III Mediatised Spaces

The Flexible Home
Magnus Andersson

Framing Space. Media and the Intersection of Work and Leisure
Stina Bengtsson

Media Passages in Urban Spaces of Consumption
Johan Fornäs

Magic, Health and the Mediation of the Body’s Geography
Tom O'Dell

IV A Mediatised Sense of Space

Geographies of Tourist Photography. Choreographies and Performances
Jonas Larsen

Terra (In)cognita. Mediated America as Thirdspace Experience
Amanda Lagerkvist

Digital Geographies. From Storyspace to Storied Places
Jenny Sundén

Postscript: Taking Place
Orvar Löfgren

The Authors