Offering a comprehensive analysis of mediated representations of global pandemics, this book engages with the construction, management, and classification of difference in the global context of a pand
This is a theoretical book about the relation of media and the course of disease, especially pandemic disease, in a globalized society. Author Levina asserts that, and explains how media representatio
Post-Global Network and Everyday Life explores everyday life in the new world order of global network. It argues that network has come into its own as a state of mind and a way of life – in sum, a cul
Scholars of communication and related disciplines look at everyday lives in which computer networks are no longer shiny toys, but simply one of the pedestrian dimensions of the world. Their topics inc
A groundbreaking exploration of biocitizenshipCitizenship has a long, complex relationship with the body. In recent years, developments in biomedicine and biotechnology, as well as a number of politic
A groundbreaking exploration of biocitizenshipCitizenship has a long, complex relationship with the body. In recent years, developments in biomedicine and biotechnology, as well as a number of politic
In the past decade, our rapidly changing world faced terrorism, global epidemics, economic and social strife, new communication technologies, immigration, and climate change to name a few. These fears
