Cosmopolitanism and the Media - by M Christensen & A Jansson (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Cosmopolitanism and the Media explores the diverse implications of today's digital media environments in relation to people's worldviews and social practices. The book presents an empirically grounded account of the relationship between cosmopolitanized lifeworlds and forces of surveillance, control and mobility.

Review Quotes

"Cosmopolitanism and the Media: Cartographies of Change explores the impact of mainstream media, in particular, digital media, on people's cosmopolitan worldviews and social practices and, vice versa: how cosmopolitan practices are connected to media framing. ... The book provides a nice balance of the relationship between mediatized cosmopolitan life-worlds and forces of surveillance, control and mobility, etc." (Weiwu Zhang, CBQ Communication Booknotes Quarterly, Vol.47, January-March, 2016)

About the Author

Miyase Christensen is Professor of Media and Communication Studies at Stockholm University, Sweden, and Guest Professor at the Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. She has published international books and articles on globalization processes and social change; technology, culture and identity; and politics of popular communication. One of her latest books is Media and the Politics of Arctic Climate Change: When the Ice Breaks (2013).

André Jansson is Professor of Media and Communication Studies at Karlstad University, Sweden. He has published numerous books and articles in the areas of media, globalization and identity. His recent work has appeared in New Media and Society, Communication Theory and International Journal of Cultural Studies.