Come and meet us
Opening times
Visit the School
Beyond connectivity: The impacts of social media in urban development in Puerto Ayora, Ecuador
Posted on: 29 April 2014
By: mackene
No Comments »
Filed under: News
This paper explores the effects of social media at a local level, in terms of the interaction between the people and their transforming cities, and between citizens and planning authorities. In attempting to unpack these interactions, this paper analyses how social media, as a tool for collective organisation, sharing and producing information, affects the power relationships around the building of cities. In the final chapter, the example of Puerto Ayora, the Galapagos Islands, the paper analyses some situations where the use of social media has supported social initiatives in achieving their goals. This study suggests that a timely analysis of what is happening, in the digital, as distinct from the physical, spaces where people discuss the city is needed to broaden urban theories and ensure more holistic analysis of what is actually happening.
Latest posts by mackene (see all)
- Retirement - 23 December 2014
- National policy statement for national networks - 18 December 2014
- Local data for resilience webinar - 17 December 2014
What’s new
What’s new and Events presentations archive
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
Leave a Reply