Theorising media and practice / edited by Birgit Bräuchler and John Postill.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Bräuchler, Birgit.
• Postill, John, 1965-
• European Association of Social Anthropologists. Conference (2006 : Bristol, England)
• George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

• Anthropology of media ; v. 4.
• Anthropology of media ; v. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Mass media and anthropology--Congresses.
• Mass media and culture--Congresses.
• Mass media and culture.
• Mass media--Research--Congresses.
• Mass media--Research.
• Mass media and anthropology.

Genre:

• Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xii, 351 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2010.

Contents:

• Introduction : theorising media and practice / John Postill
• 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
• 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 Hhbit 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
• 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
• New media production practices. Playful pactices: theorising 'new media' cultural production / Elisenda Ardèvol ... [et al.]
• Theorising the practices of free software: the movement / Christopher M. Kelty
• Cinematography and camera crew: practice, process and procedure / Cathy Greenhalgh.

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.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

• 9781845457419
• 1845457412
• 9781845457457
• 1845457455

OCLC:

502029697

Publisher Number:

99940313121

Online:

The George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund Home Page