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International Communication Gazette, Vol. 70, No. 3-4, 209-222 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1748048508089948

The Mediated Metropolis as Medium and Message

Gene Burd

School of Journalism A1000, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA, g.burd{at}mail.utexas.edu

Cities and communication have been historically inseparable, and the new communication technologies and globalization are changing the boundaries of multicentered, multicultural and multimediated urban regions. The `communicative city' is a medium with a traditional local and internal geographic space and place, while conveying its message into a virtual external cyberspace. The impact of social divergence and media convergence on urban identity raises questions about consensus, community and the `communicative' function of the city if it is digitized, dematerialized and deterritorialized in a new urban geography.

Key Words: cities • communication • community • cyberspace • geographic place and virtual space • globalization • media • metropolis • technology


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