Media Houses: Architecture, Media, and the Production of Centrality

Modern social theory often places mass media at the center of society, and scholars of communication here find that notion reflected in the physical facilities that media corporations provide for themselves. Among their topics are the interior of Broadcasting House in London, pondering the move of the BBC World Service from Bush House, Ostankino TV tower in Moscow, Googleplex and information culture, the CCTV center in Beijing, and architecture as social media. Annotation 穢2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)