First Monday November 2013

Readers:

First Monday has just published the November 2013 (volume 18, number 11)
issue at http://firstmonday.org/issue/current. This issue is a special
issue, entitled "Media & the city".

The following papers are included in this special issue:

First Monday
Volume 18, number 11 - 4 November 2013

Introduction: Beyond the centrality of media and the centrality of space
by Matteo Tarantino and Simone Tosoni

The diffusion and use of information and communication technologies and
the city from 1996 to 2009
by Leopoldina Fortunati and Sakari Taipale

Chicago World's Fair of 1893: Marketing the modern imaginary of the city
and urban everyday life through representation
by Cesare Silla

From wasteland to wonderland: The hypermedia(tiza)tion of urban
regeneration in Leeds’ Holbeck Urban Village
by Giorgia Aiello

Stadiums as studios: How the media shape space in the new Juventus Stadium
by Pietro Palvarini and Simone Tosi

Wireless organizing in Detroit: Churches as networked sites in
under-resourced urban areas
by Greta Byrum and Joshua Breitbart

From the cybercafé to the street: The right to play in the city
by Thomas Apperley and Dale Leorke

Pixels, bits and urban space: Observing the intersection of the space of
information with urban space in augmented reality smartphone applications
and peripheral vision displays
by Sophia Drakopoulou

Redefining the city through social software: Two examples of open source
locative art in Italian urban space
by Federica Timeto

The Rainbow Flag and the Green Carnation: Grindr in The Gay Village
by Roderic N. Crooks

Owning the city: New media and citizen engagement in urban design
by Michiel de Lange and Martijn de Waal

At Home in Brussels: Professional mobility as a service
by Shenja van der Graaf and Wim Vanobberghen

‘You’re virtually there’: Mobile communication practices, locational
information sharing and place attachment
by Didem Ozkul

Foursquare and the parochialization of public space
by Lee Humphreys and Tony Liao

Space, translations and media
Simone Tosoni and Matteo Tarantino

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With the contents of the November 2013 issue, First Monday has published,
since May 1996, 1,324 papers in 210 issues, written by 1,790 different
authors.

Thanks for your continuing interest in our work,

Edward J Valauskas
Chief Editor and Founder, First Monday