Bringing it all back home: The extensification and 'overflowing' of work. The case of San Francisco's new media households

Geoforum

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 331-339

  Jarvis, Helen ^a   Pratt, Andy C ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extensification; Household; New media; Project based work; San Francisco; Work life balance

Indexed keywords

MEDIA INDUSTRY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645976730     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2005.06.002     Document Type: Article

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