city branding | Mediapolis

no. 1, Roundtables, vol. 3March 9, 2018

The Lingering Presence of Richard Florida in Gothenburg’s Future Vision

By Helena Holgersson & Erik Florin Persson

[Ed. note: this post is part of a Roundtable discussion on “Relocation, Media Industries, and City Branding.” For more background on the discussion and to view other posts in the series, see here.]

Comparing Gothenburg’s current promotional film …

no. 1, Roundtables, vol. 3March 2, 2018

TV Happens Here: Negotiating Public Perceptions of Spatial Capital

By Myles McNutt

[Ed. note: this post is part of a Roundtable discussion on “Relocation, Media Industries, and City Branding.” For more background on the discussion and to view other posts in the series, see here.]

When I visited Los Angeles …

Deep Dives, no. 1, vol. 3February 28, 2018

The Urban Light Art Festival as Branding and Commons

By Annie Dell'Aria

The modernist imagination often filled the city of the future with an abundance of nocturnal urban lights. Massive screens, searchlights, illuminated facades, and other electric lights crowd the mise-en-scene of science fiction films and speculative renderings of the metropolis of …

no. 1, Roundtables, vol. 3February 28, 2018

Living With the Media Industry City

By Lawrence Webb

[Ed. note: this post is part of a Roundtable discussion on “Relocation, Media Industries, and City Branding.” For more background on the discussion and to view other posts in the series, see here.]

In the second round, I’d …

no. 1, Roundtables, vol. 3February 26, 2018

A Deceptive Return to Welfare State Rhetoric in the Marketing Initiatives of Gothenburg

By Helena Holgersson & Erik Florin Persson

[Ed. note: this post is part of a Roundtable discussion on “Relocation, Media Industries, and City Branding.” For more background on the discussion and to view other posts in the series, see here.]

In June 2015 the Swedish …