Rowan Wilken is Associate Professor of Media & Communication and Principal Research Fellow in the Digital Ethnography Research Centre (DERC) at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University in Australia.

Cultural Economies of Locative Media is a well-crafted examination of locative media. Wilken's framing of the topic is clear, comprehensive, and original.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction I. The Topography of Locative MediaSection Introduction1. Location Services Ecosystems2. The Business of Maps3. Location Integration and Data Markets II. Cultures of UseSection Introduction4. Locative Media Arts and Political Aesthetics5. App Entanglements6. Territories of the City and the Self: Locative Mobile Social Networking, Urban Exploration and Identity Performance III. Geodata Capture and PrivacySection Introduction7. Location Data Extraction and Retention 8. Mobile Social Networking and Locational Privacy ConclusionReferencesIndex

Rowan Wilken is Associate Professor of Media & Communication and Principal Research Fellow in the Digital Ethnography Research Centre (DERC) at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University in Australia.

Cultural Economies of Locative Media is a well-crafted examination of locative media. Wilken's framing of the topic is clear, comprehensive, and original.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction I. The Topography of Locative MediaSection Introduction1. Location Services Ecosystems2. The Business of Maps3. Location Integration and Data Markets II. Cultures of UseSection Introduction4. Locative Media Arts and Political Aesthetics5. App Entanglements6. Territories of the City and the Self: Locative Mobile Social Networking, Urban Exploration and Identity Performance III. Geodata Capture and PrivacySection Introduction7. Location Data Extraction and Retention 8. Mobile Social Networking and Locational Privacy ConclusionReferencesIndex