Public Space, Urban Space and Electronic Space: Would the Real City Please Stand Up?
Commentary around the electronic media has raised issues of political action, community formation and changing identities. This paper explores how the notions of 'public space' can inform this debate over electronic media. It examines the metaphorical adoption of urban models to look at electronic s...
| Publicado en: | Urban Studies (Routledge) Vol. 37; no. 2; pp. 301 - 318 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Feb2000
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