Description
| Product ID: | 9781433105838 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | Media Houses |
| Subtitle: | Architecture, Media, and the Production of Centrality |
| Authors: | Author: Kristina Riegert, Staffan Ericson |
| Page Count: | 218 |
| Subjects: | The arts: general topics, The arts: general issues, Architecture, Writing and editing guides, Architecture, Journalistic style guides |
| Description: | In much recent theory, the media are described as ephemeral, ubiquitous, and de-localized. Yet the activity of modern media can be traced to spatial centers that are tangible enough - some even monumental. This book offers multidisciplinary and historical perspectives on the buildings of some of the world's media institutions. In much recent theory, the media are described as ephemeral, ubiquitous, and de-localized. Yet the activity of modern media can be traced to spatial centers that are tangible enough – some even monumental. This book offers multidisciplinary and historical perspectives on the buildings of some of the world’s major media institutions. Paradoxically, as material and aesthetic manifestations of «mediated centers» of power, they provide sites to the siteless and solidity to the immaterial. The authors analyse the ways that architectural form and organization reflect different eras, media technologies, ideologies, and relations with the public in media houses from New York and Silicon Valley to London, Moscow, and Beijing. |
| Imprint Name: | Peter Lang Publishing Inc |
| Publisher Name: | Peter Lang Publishing Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2010-03-24 |