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John Wiley And Sons Ltd Communications And Mobility: The Migrant The Mobile Phone And The Container Box by David Morley
Communications And Mobility Is A Unique Interdisciplinary Look At Mobility Territory Communication And Transport In The 21St Century With Extended Case Studies Of Three Icons Of This Era: The Mobile Phone The Migrant And The Container Box. * Urges Scholars In Media And Communication To Return To Broader Conceptions Of The Field That Include Mobility Of All Kinds Information People And Commodities * Embraces Perspectives From Media Studies Science And Technology Studies Sociology Media Anthropology And Cultural Geography * Discusses Ideas Of Virtual And Embodied Mobility Network Geographies De-Territorialization Sedentarism Nomadology Connectivity Containment And Exclusion * Integrates The Often-Neglected Transport Studies Into Contemporary Communication Studies And Theories Of Globalization