The Smart City in a Digital World

Mosco, Vincent

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“…In national contexts such as our case study, in Spain, institutionalized networks are expected to be particularly beneficial to medium-sized cities and firms. However, from a more critical perspective, it could be argued that the expansion of the Smart City paradigm in national arenas can become a gateway for bigger firms to expand their market possibilities, without changing the hierarchy of cities, if not reinforcing existing inequalities [53][54][55].…”

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A Social Network Analysis of the Spanish Network of Smart Cities

Serrano

Calvet-Mir²,

Ribera-Fumaz³

et al. 2020

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This paper explores the relations of centrality and hierarchy between cities and firms implementing Smart City strategies in the context of the Spanish Network of Smart Cities (RECI). While the literature has usually focused on the global dimension of cities and firms networks, exploring a national case offers interesting insights about the presence of multinational firms in these contexts and the role played by medium-sized cities in their market expansion. The analysis is based on a two-mode network of cities and firms participating in Smart City projects with the usual measures of betweenness, in-degree and closeness, as well as computing the Gini index for each of them to assess the levels of inequality. We then explore whether the structural advantages of participating in these networks have a leveling effect or rather reinforce existing hierarchies of cities. Second, we explore how firms are intertwined in Smart City projects and whether medium-sized local firms have a relevant presence. Our findings suggest these networks become a regional gateway for multinational firms to expand their presence in Smart City national markets, rather than empowering medium-sized cities and small national firms.

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A Social Network Analysis of the Spanish Network of Smart Cities

Serrano

Calvet-Mir²,

Ribera-Fumaz³

et al. 2020

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“…Even smart home applications from Alphabet (Google) and Apple are by no means inferior to the idea of automating the domestic environment. Current research on 'Smart Cities' (Mosco, 2019) reveals the integration of the systems described in this article as communicative robots linked to the automation of a vast array of urban functions such as public administration, traffic systems and public transport. From the point of view of media and communication studies, the main focus should, therefore, be on a consideration of communicative robots in regard to the transformation of public and personal communication and any associated consequences.…”

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Artificial companions, social bots and work bots: communicative robots as research objects of media and communication studies

Hepp

2020

Media, Culture & Society

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The aim of this article is to outline ‘communicative robots’ as an increasingly relevant field of media and communication research. Communicative robots are defined as autonomously operating systems designed for the purpose of quasi-communication with human beings to enable further algorithmic-based functionalities – often but not always on the basis of artificial intelligence. Examples of these communicative robots can be seen in the now familiar artificial companions such as Apple’s Siri or Amazon’s Alexa, the social bots present on social media platforms or work bots that automatically generate journalistic content. In all, the article proceeds in three steps. Initially, it takes a closer look at the three examples of artificial companions, social bots and work bots in order to accurately describe the phenomenon and their recent insinuation into everyday life. This will then allow me to grasp the challenges posed by the increasing need to deal with communicative robots in media and communication research. It is from this juncture from where I would like to draw back on the discussion about the automation of communication and clearly outline how communicative robots are more likely than physical artefacts to be experienced at the interface of automated communication and communicative automation.

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“…Over the last decade or so, the smart city imaginary has become a fashionable theme within popular and academic discourse and entails a distinct set of rationalities [39,40]. Commonly, cities tend to use the term as a boosting mechanism and ICTs are put forward as a means to tackle complex urban issues, thereby accentuating pragmatic and functional aspects related to efficiency, safety and the like conjoined by questions and critiques about privacy, control and ownership [54]. Grappling with the rise of this 'smart city thinking' is said to be indicative of a fundamental shift associated with new consumptions patterns and technologies transforming both service delivery and people s lives in general.…”

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The Right to the City in the Platform Age: Child-Friendly City and Smart City Premises in Contention

Graaf

2020

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This article sought to develop a critical account of the ever-increasing role of ICTs in cities and urban governance discourses, captured by a growing interest to ‘smarten up’ our cities, for their inclusiveness of citizens more broadly, and that of children, in particular. In revisiting rights-based approaches, it gives particular attention to the (political) premises of two urban concepts, that is, child-friendly cities and smart cities. The focus here is on how these current concepts encompass and direct the make-up of children′s relationship to the city, which brings the question to the fore of ‘whose version is it?’ A predominant provider′s perspective and a normative discourse are revealed which seem to overlook emergent logics of children′s social needs and experiences in the city. It is therefore proposed to revisit and revise our existing ideas, thus critiquing the current potential of the emerging ‘rights-based’ agendas in improving outcomes for children by urging cities to become child-friendly in their smart city ideals.

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The Smart City in a Digital World

Cited by 66 publications

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A Social Network Analysis of the Spanish Network of Smart Cities

A Social Network Analysis of the Spanish Network of Smart Cities

Artificial companions, social bots and work bots: communicative robots as research objects of media and communication studies

The Right to the City in the Platform Age: Child-Friendly City and Smart City Premises in Contention

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