Urban communication : production, text, context
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Urban communication : production, text, context
（Critical media studies）
Rowman & Littlefield, c2007
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-234) and index
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Description
City leaders now confront a global competition for economic investment. Not surprisingly, urban elites have cast about for strategies that promise to secure for their cities a share of this future of global economic growth. What is remarkable, however, is that so many of these urban growth strategies are largely symbolic in nature. We see, for example, city leaders competing madly for the Olympics so that they can broadcast spectacular urban vistas to global television audiences. We see officials pouring public funds into tourist amenities, not so much for their tangible economic value, but rather because they help cultivate an image of vitality and renewal. We see, in short, a rich trade in images about "the city," usually for strategic economic reasons. But how are these image-building strategies produced in the crucible of local political struggle? How are the local politics of urban redevelopment intertwined with the global politics of circulating bold images of urban vitality? Who, if anyone, benefits from public investment in such 'image-building' activities? Urban Communication brings together a community of scholars from communication, cultural studies, and urban sociology to explore the symbolic dimensions of contemporary city-building, drawing on case studies from around the world.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction: The City as Production, Text, Context Part 2 I The City in Production Chapter 3 1 Neoliberal Revitalization: Prison Building, Casinos, and Tourism in Louisiana Chapter 4 2 Internet Politics the Singapore Way Chapter 5 3 A Neo-Bohemian Rhapsody: Cultural Vibrancy and Controlled Edge as Urban Development Tools in the "New Creative Economy" Chapter 6 4 City Living, DC Style: The Political-Economic Limits of Urban Branding Campaigns Part 7 II The City as Text Chapter 8 5 "They Stand for All the Things I Hate": Georgian Architecture and Cultural Memory in Contemporary Dublin Chapter 9 6 Trying To Be World-Class: Ottawa and the Presentation of Self Chapter 10 7 Plugola: News for Profit, Entertainment, and Network Consolidation Part 11 III The City in Context Chapter 12 8 Communicating Urban Values Through Megasport Events: The Case of Australia's " High performance" Cities Chapter 13 9 From "Dangerous Classes" to "Quiet Rebels": The Politics of the Subaltern in the Global South Chapter 14 10 The Empire at Ground Zero Chapter 15 Bibliography
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