Cosmopolitanism and the Media: Cartographies of Change

by Miyase Christensen, A. Jansson

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.

200 pages, Hardcover

First published October 22, 2014

About the author

Miyase Christensen is Professor of Media and Communication Studies at Karlstad University, Sweden, and research fellow at the Department of Philosophy and History of Technology at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden.

Reviews

[Tara Brabazon · Rating 4 out of 5]

You know it is a good book when you completely disagree with it, yet it remains fascinating and important. Christensen gives cosmopolitanism a 'good go.' Mobility. Globalization. Mediatization. Yet the profoundly corrosive forces of xenophobia, insularity, techniques of neutralization - are outside of the project of this book. However, the case is well made for cosmopolitanism, particularly with regard to communication systems.

A well researched, considered book.