André Jansson

André Jansson is a professor of media and communication studies at Karlstad University, and the director of the Geomedia Research Group. His research is specialized in the area of mediatization and communication geography. He has co-authored and co-edited altogether eight books in English, including his most recent books Geomedia Studies: Spaces and Mobilities in Mediatized Worlds (Routledge, forthcoming 2017, with Karin Fast, Johan Lindell, Linda Ryan Bengtsson and Mekonnen Tesfahuney); Communications/Media/Geographies (Routledge, 2017, with Paul C. Adams, Julie Cupples, Kevin Glynn and Shaun Moores), and Cosmopolitanism and the Media: Cartographies of Change (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015, with Miyase Christensen)

no. 5, Roundtables, vol. 1November 28, 2016<January 17, 2017

Decentring the Urban

André Jansson

In this response, Andre Jansson argues that we must look beyond the confines of urban centres and incorporate the voices and lived experiences of those who do not fit our urban-centric cultures of connectivity.

no. 5, Roundtables, vol. 1November 15, 2016<January 17, 2017

Mediatization and Urban Struggle

André Jansson

In the second essay, André Jansson connects the ambiguity of “the urban” with that of “mediatization,” considering their relationships through the example of urban exploration.