Overview
- Introduces the views and ideas of one well-known, contemporary Chinese academic
- Explores the influence of media on life and culture at various scales—from the individual to the global
- Discusses media and its relationship to space, time, place, landscape, and scale
Part of the book series: Qizhen Humanities and Social Sciences Library (QHSSL)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
The author delves deeply into the themes of time, space, place, landscape, and scale to introduce readers to a wide array of intriguing concepts that add new dimensions to this relatively new academic field. In addition, this monograph presents a history of media geography as it has evolved in the West and in China over the past several decades, and introduces principles and values from traditional Chinese culture that shed light on the nature, direction, and significance of media studies and communication research now being conducted around the globe.
Intended readership: professional scholars, graduates, and general readers.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Professor SHAO has published more than 360 research articles in addition to 32 monographs, textbooks, and collections. Principles and Applications of Communication Science has laid a solid foundation for his research in this field, and ‘Contemporary Communication Series’ for which he has worked as a chief editor has expanded his research scope. In addition, Communication Studies conveys the essence of his theoretical exploration on communication science, while Huaxia Communication Theory and Asian Communication Theory: Asian Perspective in International Communication Studies reflect his profound thoughts on how to conduct the research on media and communication and how to carry out communication activities from the angle of a modern Chinese intellectual. More importantly, he has devoted himself to exploring new frontiers in interdisciplinary fields. Media Management, Geography of Media: Mass Media as Cultural Landscape, and Media Ecology: Media as a Green Ecology are but three of his representative works. At the provincial and ministerial levels, Professor SHAO has won First Prize twice and Second Prize three times. In addition, he received the Sixth FAN Jingyi Journalism Education Award (for Excellent Teachers), the Baosteel Excellent Teacher Award of the Ministry of Education, and the title of Young and Middle-Aged Expert for his contributions to Zhejiang Province.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: New Perspectives on Geography of Media
Authors: SHAO Peiren
Translated by: WANG Guofeng
Series Title: Qizhen Humanities and Social Sciences Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2111-9
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Zhejiang University Press 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-99-2110-2Published: 03 December 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-99-2113-3Due: 03 January 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-981-99-2111-9Published: 02 December 2023
Series ISSN: 2731-5304
Series E-ISSN: 2731-5312
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 225
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Additional Information: This work was supported by 中华社会科学基金 （Chinese Fund for the Humanities and Social Sciences） 资助 (Grant Number: 20WXWB007)
Topics: Cultural Geography, Media Sociology, Media and Communication