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Placing words

William J. Mitchell

2005224 pagesabout 3–5 hours
2005
first published
  • 2005MIT Press · 224 pages · ENGISBN 9780262633222

"The meaning of a message, says William Mitchell, depends on the context of its reception: Shouting "fire" in a crowded theater produces a dramatically different effect from barking the same word to a squad of soldiers with guns. In Placing Words, Mitchell looks at the ways in which urban spaces and places provide settings for communication and at how they conduct complex flows of information through the twenty-first century city."--Jacket.

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