Chapter 1Scope and Significance of Geography of Media
1Geography of Media as an Interdisciplinary and Inclusive Discipline
2Scope and System of Geography of Media
3Significance of Geography of Media
4Methodology of Geography of Media
Chapter 2Past, Present, and Future of Geography of Media
1Chinese Cultural Geography and the Media
2Media Construction of Cultural Geography
3History of Geography of Media
4Current Research in Geography of Media
Chapter 3Goals of Chinese Research in Geography of Media
1Core Concepts and Academic Status
2Mass Media as the Unity and Extension of Heaven, Earth, and Man
3Directions for Research in Geography of Media
Chapter 4Time: Flow and Variation in the Geography of Media
1Time and the Media
2Media Transformation of the Concept of Time
3Time as a Crucial Factor in Media Production
4Media Time: A New Perspective on Media and Communication Studies
Chapter 5Space: Material and Landscape in Media Communication
1Space as the Context of Social Interaction
2Urban Landscapes and Four Types of Space
3Interpretations of Media Space
4Media in Space and Space in Media
5Media Distance and Communication
Chapter 6Place: A Carrier of Social Construction and Cultural Memory
1Place as a Core Concept of Geography of Media
2Significance and Dimensions of Place in the Context of Globalization
3Dissolving of Regional Boundaries and the Emergence of Mediated Place
4Placeness of Media: Progression or Regression?
Chapter 7Landscape and the Media: Mediated Representations of the World
1Various Definitions of Landscape
2Effects of Mediated Landscape
3Landscapes of Villages, Towns, Cities, Subways, and Suburbs
4Media Spectacle and The Society of the Spectacle
Chapter 8Scale: Locality and Globality of Media Communication
1Multiple Meanings of Scale
2Locality and Globality: Heterogeneity and Homogeneity
3Mass Media and Locality
4Mass Media and Globality
5A Medium-Scale Mechanism for Interactivity, Balance, and Harmony
Concluding Remarks
References
Epilogue
The author of this monograph is SHAO Peiren, a professor and doctoral advisor at Zhejiang Universitys Communication Research Institute. Former positions held by him include Director of the Communication Research Institute at Zhejiang University, Deputy Director of the Department of Journalism and Communication, Associate Dean of the School of Humanities, and Deputy Director of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. He is currently President of the World Huallywood Association (in the U.S.), Chairman of the China Media Research Association (in the U.S.), Vice Chairman of the World Cultural Alliance (in the U.S.), Vice President of the Chinese Association of Communication, Founding President and Lifetime President of the Zhejiang Association of Communication, Director-general of the Zhejiang Convention and Exhibition Society, and proprietor of the journal China Media Report. 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.
