On 19 June 2013, Joel McKim and I will be leading a repeat of the media tour we led together for the first time in May (we’re both shown doing so in the photo above – though Joel’s looking away, at the Apple Store – credit to Joe Smith from the OU for taking it). We’ve timed this one to coincide with the International Communication Association conference, which is being held in London this year – but the tour is open to the public. All the details needed to register are below.

The Mediated City
A Tour of Media and Mediation in West End London

Led by Joel McKim and Scott Rodgers

This tour uses West End London as a lens into ‘the mediated city’. It explores how the city not only hosts, but is in many ways constituted through, media. City living compels us to use, need and even desire media content and devices in quite particular ways. Meanwhile, media forms, technologies and industries exist in and are even ‘built-into’ urban spaces: for example the street, the tube, the suburb, the bar, the public square. The aim of this tour is twofold: first, to highlight how the city provides a unique lens to critically study, understand and define media; and second, to use media and mediation as a lens to understand the city. Though a range of buildings and neighbourhoods associated with major media industries will be visited, the tour also focuses on observing some more unconventional forms of urban media and communication.

Date, place and registration:
Wedsnesday 19 June, 2013, 12.30-3.30pm
Numbers are limited, so booking is essential – visit
http://ica2013mediatour.eventbrite.co.uk
Attendees will meet at the southwest corner of Fitzroy Square at 12.30pm (directions at Eventbrite link). The tour lasts 3 hours, ending at Leicester Square.

For further information:
Contact Joel McKim (j.mckim@bbk.ac.uk) or Scott Rodgers (s.rodgers@bbk.ac.uk)