This book is an interdisciplinary empirical investigation of how people interact with public screens in their daily lives. In more and more surprising locations, screens of various kinds appear within the sightlines of passers-by in contemporary cities. Outdoor advertisers target audiences which are increasingly mobile, public art uses screens to interrogate urban change, while postmodern architecture finds electronic imagery a suitable tool of expression.

Traditionally, urban sociology research has assumed that people seek to filter urban stimuli, but recent accounts of public...

What is the meaning of the Balkans in the early 21st century? Former Yugoslav countries seek a self-flattering alliance with the West via EU membership, while the Union s citizens increasingly declare to be Eurosceptic . At the same time, economic turmoil in countries like Greece confronts massive incoming waves of refugees, for whom Europe s south-eastern borders are the nearest shelter. In this time of crisis, the Balkans return on the agenda as a parable of Europe s haunting questions about its future. EU, Europe Unfinished brings together established and emerging media and cultural...

What is the meaning of the Balkans in the early 21st century? Former Yugoslav countries seek a self-flattering alliance with the West via EU membership, while the Union s citizens increasingly declare to be Eurosceptic . At the same time, economic turmoil in countries like Greece confronts massive incoming waves of refugees, for whom Europe s south-eastern borders are the nearest shelter. In this time of crisis, the Balkans return on the agenda as a parable of Europe s haunting questions about its future. EU, Europe Unfinished brings together established and emerging media and cultural...