| Description |
1 online resource (351 pages) : illustrations |
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Anthropology of media ; volume 4 |
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Anthropology of media ; v. 4.
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| Contents |
Introduction : theorising media and practice / John Postill -- Part I. Media as practice. Theorising media as practice / Nick Couldry -- What do we mean by 'media practices'? / Mark Hobart -- Media as practice: a brief exchange / Nick Couldry and Mark Hobart -- Part II. Media, culture and practice. From fan practice to mediated moments: the value of practice theory in the understanding of media audiences / S. Elizabeth Bird -- Thick context, deep epistemology: a meditation on wide-angle lenses on media, knowledge production and the concept of culture / Debra Spitulnik -- "But it is my habit to read the Times": metaculture and practice in the reading of Indian newspapers / Mark A. Peterson -- Embedded/embedding media practices and cultural production / Ursula Rao -- Part III. Media practices in context. Communication, cognition and usage: epistemological considerations of media practices and processes / Guido Ipsen -- Language-games, in/dividuals and media uses: what a practice perspective should imply for media studies / Jo Helle-Valle -- A barthian approach to practice and media: Internet engagements among teleworkers in rural Denmark / Jens Kjaerulff -- Can practice theory inspire studies of ICTs in everyday life? / Toke H. Christensen and Inge Ripke -- Part IV. New media production practices. Playful pactices: theorising 'new media' cultural production / Elisenda Ardèvol [and others] -- Theorising the practices of free software: the movement / Christopher M. Kelty -- Cinematography and camera crew: practice, process and procedure / Cathy Greenhalgh |
| Summary |
"Although practice theory has been a mainstay of social theory for nearly three decades, so far it has had very limited impact on media studies. This book draws on the work of practice theorists such as Wittgenstein, Foucault, Bourdieu, Barth and Schatzki and rethinks the study of media from the perspective of practice theory. Drawing on ethnographic case studies from places such as Zambia, India, Hong Kong, the United States, Britain, Norway and Denmark, the contributors address a number of important themes: media as practice; the interlinkage between media, culture and practice; the contextual study of media practices; and new practices of digital production. Collectively, these chapters make a strong case for the importance of theorising the relationship between media and practice and thereby adding practice theory as a new strand to the study of anthropology of media."--Jacket |
| Notes |
Collection of papers, some of which were presented at a media anthropology network workshop, organised by the editors as part of the European Association of Social Anthropologists' (EASA) conference held in Bristol, U.K., September, 2006 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL |
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Print version record |
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Mass media and anthropology -- Congresses
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Mass media and culture -- Congresses
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Mass media -- Research -- Congresses
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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Mass media and anthropology
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Mass media and culture
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Mass media -- Research
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Medienkonsum -- Theorie -- Kongressbericht.
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Medien -- Sozialphilosophie -- Kongressbericht.
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Sozialphilosophie -- Medien -- Kongressbericht.
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Massenmedien.
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proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Bräuchler, Birgit, editor.
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Postill, John, 1965- editor.
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European Association of Social Anthropologists. Conference (2006 : Bristol, England)
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| ISBN |
9781845458546 |
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1845458540 |
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