Net Locality

The first book to provide an introduction to the new theory of Net Locality and the profound effect on individuals and societies when everything is located or locatable.

• Describes net locality as an emerging form of location awareness central to all aspects of digital media, from mobile phones, to Google Maps, to location-based social networks and games, such as Foursquare and facebook.

• Warns of the threats these technologies, such as data surveillance, present to our sense of privacy, while also outlining the opportunities for pro-social developments.

• Provides a theory of the web in the context of the history of emerging technologies, from GeoCities to GPS, Wi-Fi, Wiki Me, and Google Android.

Autorentext

Eric Gordon is Associate Professor of New Media at Emerson
College in Boston. He is the author of The Urban Spectator:
American Concept-cities from Kodak to Google (2010) and he is
the director of the Engagement Game Lab, where he designs and
studies digital games that enhance local civic engagement.

Adriana de Souza e Silva is Associate Professor at the IT
University of Copenhagen in the Design, Culture, Mobility, and
Communication (DCMC) research group, and Associate Professor of
Communication at North Carolina State University. She is the
co-editor (with Daniel M. Sutko) of the book Digital Cityscapes:
Merging Digital and Urban Playspaces (2009) and affiliated
faculty with the NCSU Digital Games Research Center.

Inhalt
Acknowledgements. Introduction.

1: Maps.

2: Mobile Annotations.

3: Social Networks and Games.

4: Urban Space.

5: Community.

6: Privacy.

7: Globalization.

8 Conclusion.

Index.