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Public Space and the Development of Wireless Media

Public Space and the Development of Wireless Media

Alex Lambert, Scott McQuire, Nikos Papastergiadis
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 21
ISBN13: 9781522559993|ISBN10: 152255999X|EISBN13: 9781522560005
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5999-3.ch010
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Lambert, Alex, et al. "Public Space and the Development of Wireless Media." New Approaches, Methods, and Tools in Urban E-Planning, edited by Carlos Nunes Silva, IGI Global, 2018, pp. 289-309. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5999-3.ch010

APA

Lambert, A., McQuire, S., & Papastergiadis, N. (2018). Public Space and the Development of Wireless Media. In C. Nunes Silva (Ed.), New Approaches, Methods, and Tools in Urban E-Planning (pp. 289-309). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5999-3.ch010

Chicago

Lambert, Alex, Scott McQuire, and Nikos Papastergiadis. "Public Space and the Development of Wireless Media." In New Approaches, Methods, and Tools in Urban E-Planning, edited by Carlos Nunes Silva, 289-309. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5999-3.ch010

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Abstract

This chapter builds on research into Australian free Wi-Fi initiatives conducted in late 2012 and early 2013. It tours through a range of global developments in wireless internet delivery, focusing on how these influence the character of public spatiality, participation, and social inclusion. While there have been numerous technical and commercial advances, the authors argue that free public services narrowly focus on constructing public spaces of consumption and spectacle, and valorising public activities through increasingly granular sensor surveillance. The authors offer an expanded conception of what it means to value public space and to participate socially, culturally, and politically in public. The chapter concludes with the concerning gap between small scale projects that experiment with these concepts and the large-scale institutions that ignore them.

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