Ebook: Cosmopolitanism and the media: cartographies of change

Mapping the terrain: boundaries and bridges. Introductory essay: cosmopolitanization, mediatization and social change -- Cosmopolitan trajectories: connectivity, reflexivity and symbolic power -- Remediated sociality and the dual logic of surveillance -- Contextualizing space, mobility and belonging. Transnational media flows: globalization, politics and identity -- Transclusion vs. demediation: mediatization and the re-embedding of cosmopolitanism -- Cities, embodied expressivity and morality of proximity -- In conclusion: cosmopolitanism and its discontents.;Cosmopolitanism and the Media explores the diverse implications of today's digital media environments in relation to people's worldviews and social practices. The book presents an empirically grounded account of the relationship between cosmopolitanized lifeworlds and forces of surveillance, control and mobility.