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"Non-place" is an anthropological term created by Marc Augè, to describe all those places that are typical of contemporary city. Non places are strongly characterised by a continuous flow of people, who usually don't know each other, don't speak to each other but at the same time are physically close. Non places are railway stations, airports, subways, petrol stations. I have chosen one of them, the subway of Milan, to put an accent on the role of audio-visual media: big monitors visualise football matches, ads, cultural events and shorten waiting times. Audio-visual media are used as security system in the subway, in fact from a control-cabin it is possible to see what happens on the platforms, through cameras which are fixed in strategic points. This symbolism is strong and contributes to change the image of the traditional city, balancing the orientation loss that follows the changing of parameters in the diffused city.