Consuming media communication, shopping and everyday life /

• Other Authors: Fornäs, Johan, 1952-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2007.
• Subjects: Mass media > Social aspects.; Communication > Social aspects.; Consumption (Economics) > Social aspects.; Medios masivos de comunicación > Aspectos sociales.; Comunicación > Aspectos sociales.; Consumo (Economía); SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.; Massamedia.; Communicatie.; Consumptie.; Sociale aspecten.; Medienkonsum.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: ebrary; View fulltext via EzAccess; MyiLibrary
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 228 p.) : ill.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [196]-224) and index.
• ISBN: 9781847883346 (electronic bk.); 1847883346 (electronic bk.); 9781847886057 (electronic bk.); 1847886051 (electronic bk.)

Inspired by Walter Benjamin's classical "Arcades Project", this book offers an exploration of the interface between communication, shopping and everyday life. It scrutinises four main media circuits - print media, media images, sound and motion, and hardware machines - to assess how media texts and technologies are selected, purchased and used.