{"product_id":"mediatization-and-mobile-lives-andrzs-jansson-9781138723627","title":"Mediatization and Mobile Lives: A Critical Approach","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMediatization and Mobile Lives: A Critical Approach\u003c\/em\u003e contributes to a complex, situated and critical understanding of what mediatization means and how it works in contemporary life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book explores the tension between the extended capabilities offered by media technology and growing media reliance, focusing particularly on mobile middle-class lives. It problematizes how mediatization is culturally legitimized in our times, when connectivity and mobility are increasingly seen as mandatory elements of self-realization. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSupported by extensive fieldwork carried out in contexts of gentrification, elite cosmopolitanism and post-tourism, André Jansson advances a critical, cultural materialist perspective of mediatization as he examines how people are torn between the new opportunities afforded by their mobile lives and the feeling of being trapped by our connected media culture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMediatization and Mobile Lives offers an engaging and critical exploration of the interplay between mediatization, individualization and globalization, making it an ideal resource for students and scholars of Media and Communication. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e André Jansson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138723622\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138723627\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/08\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"André Jansson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48113285333247,"sku":"9781138723627","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c8d2a9db-8b18-418d-9f02-ffac39306708.jpg?v=1769614091","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mediatization-and-mobile-lives-andrzs-jansson-9781138723627","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}