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Title:
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Google earth, outreach and activism
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Authors:
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Catherine Summerhayes, Author
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Material Type:
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book
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Publisher:
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London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016
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ISBN / ISSN / EAN :
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978-1-5013-2002-6
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Format:
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200 p. / 24 cm
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Bibliography note:
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Languages:
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English
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Class number:
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G70.212
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Subjects:
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Geographic information systems
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Google Earth
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Social movements
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Description:
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In order to be able to communicate and engage with each other via new communicative spaces such as Google Earth, we need to understand as much as possible about how they work as cultural texts: how and why we make them and how we respond to them. Launched in 2005, Google Earth is a virtual globe, map and geographical information program, mapping the Earth by the superimposition of images obtained from satellite imagery and aerial photography. By addressing the sociopolitical issues at stake in society's use of social websites, the author provides an extended close reading of Google Earth as a powerful player in the communication realm of social media.
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Format :
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In print
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