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Themes of the Mediated Urban
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Read moreThe City’s formless Boundaries
Cities are like a magnet. They are growing and are the preferred living place (instead of villages). City life is attracting many people. People are moving into cities. The reasons for that are different. Some are getting attracted by the hard components the cities offer: Job opportunities and close distances for instance. Others are torn towards due to rather soft complements: the vivid city life and the excitement a city is transmitting.
So, now we always said “city”, but what is about the term “the urban”?
Read moreThe Mediated Urban – Our Idea
Now you know who we are, two girls who study humangeography, who like to go out meet friends and enjoy city live. In this blog we would like to talk with you about a big topic of our studies – the urban, media and urban society. Who doesn’t want to know what is happening around you, how things are connected and what is changing?
Read moreAbout us
We, Kathi and Ramona, are students at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany. Currently, we are in our 2nd semester in which media geography is one of our key topics. This blog is part of our seminar about Applied Media Geography. Our Master program is called Human Geography: Globalisation, Media and Culture.
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