Theorising Media and Practice /

Theorising Media and Practice / / ed. by John Postill, Birgit Bräuchler.

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 pers...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Alsina, Pau,
Ardèvol, Elisenda,
Bird, S. Elizabeth,
Christensen, Toke H.,
Cornelio, Gemma San,
Couldry, Nick,
Greenhalgh, Cathy,
Helle-Valle, Jo,
Hobart, Mark,
Ipsen, Guido,
Kelty, Christopher M.,
Kjaerulff, Jens,
Pagès, Ruth,
Peterson, Mark A.,
Postill, John,
Rao, Ursula,
Roig, Antoni,
Røpke, Inge,
Spitulnik, Debra,
HerausgeberIn:
Bräuchler, Birgit,
Postill, John,
Place / Publishing House:New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2010]
©2010
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
Series:Anthropology of Media ; 4
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Physical Description:1 online resource (352 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Theorising Media and Practice
  • PART 1 Media as Practice
  • CHAPTER 1 Theorising Media as Practice
  • CHAPTER 2 What Do We Mean by ‘Media Practices’?
  • CHAPTER 3 Media as Practice: A Brief Exchange
  • PART II Media, Culture and Practice
  • CHAPTER 4 From Fan Practice to Mediated Moments: The Value of Practice Theory in the Understanding of Media Audiences
  • CHAPTER 5 Thick Context, Deep Epistemology: A Meditation on Wide-Angle Lenses on Media, Knowledge Production and the Concept of Culture
  • CHAPTER 6 ‘But It Is My Habit to Read the Times’: Metaculture and Practice in the Reading of Indian Newspapers
  • CHAPTER 7 Embedded/Embedding Media Practices and Cultural Production
  • PART III Media Practices in Context
  • Chapter 8 Communication, Cognition and Usage: Epistemological Considerations of Media Practices and Processes
  • CHAPTER 9 Language-games, In/dividuals and Media Uses: What a Practice Perspective Should Imply for Media Studies
  • CHAPTER 10 A Barthian Approach to Practice and Media: Internet Engagements among Teleworkers in Rural Denmark
  • CHAPTER 11 Can Practice Theory Inspire Studies of ICTs in Everyday Life?
  • PART IV New Media Production Practices
  • CHAPTER 12 Playful Practices: Theorising ‘New Media’ Cultural Production
  • CHAPTER 13 Theorising the Practices of Free Software: The Movement
  • CHAPTER 14 Cinematography and Camera Crew: Practice, Process and Procedure
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Index

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