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Youth, Society and Mobile Media in Asia (Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia)
This book examines the influence of mobile media technology on the lives of young people in East and North Asia, South East Asia and Australia. It discusses the impact information communication technologies have today on social identity, well-being, participation and exclusion. It explores current m... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2010 -
The State of China Atlas: Mapping the World's Fastest-Growing Economy
This magnificently produced atlas provides a unique visual survey of the profound economic, political, and social changes taking place in China, as well as their implications for the world at large. China has the world's fastest-growing economy and is the second-largest trading nation. With its pro-... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2009 -
Branding Cities: Cosmopolitanism, Parochialism, and Social Change (Routledge Advances in Geography)
Fierce competitiveness between established and emerging major cities, such as Berlin, London, Shanghai and Sydney, has led to a pressure to excel as desirable locations for business, cultural activities, highly skilled migrants and tourists. At the same time, the transformation of settled and new mi... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2009 -
Tourism and the Branded City: Film and Identity on the Pacific Rim
Comparing the major Pacific Rim cities of Sydney, Hong Kong and Shanghai, this book examines world city branding. Whilst all three cities compete on the world's stage for events, tourists and investment, they are also at the centre of distinct film traditions and their identities are thus strongly c... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2007 -
Media in China: Consumption, Content and Crisis (Media, Culture And Social Change In Asia Ser.)
Multinational media companies increasingly look to China as a highly important market for the future, but with what degree of confidence should they do so? Media in China is about a new kind of revolution in China - a revolution in which rapidly commercializing media industries confront slow-changin... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2002