Place.

• What is an experienced place?


  A place that someone has spent time in , when someone visits or lives in a place their experiences such as things they see and people they meet shape their sense of that place.
• What is a media place?


  Places someone hasn't been to but have created their own sense of place about it through its depiction in the media such as books or film.
• What is a Near Place?

  • Somewhere that can be located geographically near to where someone lives.
  • people more likely to feel like insiders.
  • some will feel excluded due to their gender, age, sexuality etc.
• What is a Far Place?

  • Far from somewhere a person might live.
  • might start to feel closer due to globalisation and rise of clone towns.
  • people more likely to feel like outsiders due to lack of experience, therefore less comfortable.
• What is 'Placelessness'?


  how globalisation is making distant places look and feel the same due to monopoly of brands and store chains.
• How Globalisation is affecting people's experience of geographical distance:

  • modern travel technology means that far places are quicker to get to -experienced more easily + frequently.
  • modern ICT- people more familiar with media places that they have no experience of.
  • close connections between people and activities in far places due to the internet.