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Significant changes are occurring in the social spaces of modern cities and the social functioning of media This erudite, forceful book argues that the spaces and rhythms of contemporary cities are radically different tthose described in classic theories of urbanism Changes in the city have been paralleled by the transformation of media which has become increasingly mobile, instantaneous and pervasive The media are nlonger separate from the city Offering social commentary at the deepest levels of historical and critical reference, The Media City links Myspace tHoward Hughes; trams tcinema; security cameras texploding buildings; reality TV tMarx; and Lenin on privacy tKracauer on the mass ornament Wide-ranging and richly illustrated, it intersects disciplines and connects phenomena which are tooften left isolated from each other tpropose a new way of understanding public and private space and social life in contemporary cities It will find a broad readership in media and communications, cultural studies, social theory, urban sociology, architecture, and art history
