University of Kansas: Smartphones are 'Replace-ing' City, Book Argues
February 04, 2020
February 04, 2020
LAWRENCE, Kansas, Feb. 4 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news:
As we run around the world, posting selfies, counting our steps and checking in on our smartphones, we're leaving digital traces of our activities. And a new book by a University of Kansas professor argues that all this digital placemaking is actually changing the city - "replace-ing" it, in her coinage.
Germaine Halegoua, associate professor of film & media studies at the Univ . . .
As we run around the world, posting selfies, counting our steps and checking in on our smartphones, we're leaving digital traces of our activities. And a new book by a University of Kansas professor argues that all this digital placemaking is actually changing the city - "replace-ing" it, in her coinage.
Germaine Halegoua, associate professor of film & media studies at the Univ . . .