Theorising Media and Practice

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-84545-745-7
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 4, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 527 g

Reihe: Anthropology of Media

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bräuchler, Birgit

Postill, John

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures

Preface

Introduction: Theorising Media and Practice

John Postill

PART I: MEDIA AS PRACTICE

Chapter 1. Theorising Media as Practice

Nick Couldry

Chapter 2. What Do We Mean by ‘Media Practices’?

Mark Hobart

Chapter 3. Media as Practice: A Brief Exchange

Nick Couldry and Mark Hobart

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

S. Elizabeth Bird

Chapter 5. Thick Context, Deep Epistemology: A Meditation on Wide-Angle Lenses on Media, Knowledge Production and the Concept of Culture

Debra Spitulnik

Chapter 6. ‘But It Is My Habit to Read the Times’: Metaculture and Practice in the Reading of Indian Newspapers

Mark A. Peterson

Chapter 7. Embedded/Embedding Media Practices and Cultural Production

Ursula Rao

PART III: MEDIA PRACTICES IN CONTEXT

Chapter 8. Communication, Cognition and Usage: Epistemological Considerations of Media Practices and Processes

Guido Ipsen

Chapter 9. Language-games, In/dividuals and Media Uses: What a Practice Perspective Should Imply for Media Studies

Jo Helle-Valle

Chapter 10. A Barthian Approach to Practice and Media: Internet Engagements among Teleworkers in Rural Denmark

Jens Kjaerulff

Chapter 11. Can Practice Theory Inspire Studies of ICTs in Everyday Life?

Toke H. Christensen and Inge Røpke

PART IV: NEW MEDIA PRODUCTION PRACTICES

Chapter 12. Playful Practices: Theorising ‘New Media’ Cultural Production

Elisenda Ardèvol, Antoni Roig, Gemma San Cornelio, Ruth Pagès and Pau Alsina

Chapter 13. Theorising the Practices of Free Software: The Movement

Christopher Kelty 1

Chapter 14. Cinematography and Camera Crew: Practice, Process and Procedure

Cathy Greenhalgh

Notes on Contributors

Index

List of Figures

Über Autor(innen)

Bräuchler, Birgit
Birgit Bräuchler is Senior Lecturer in Anthropology at the School of Social Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne. She is author of Cyberidentities at War (2013, Berghahn), The Cultural Dimension of Peace (2015, Palgrave), editor of Reconciling Indonesia (2009, Routledge), co-editor of Theorising Media and Conflict (forthcoming, Berghahn) with Philipp Budka and has published widely in peer-reviewed journals.

Postill, John
John Postill received his Ph.D. in anthropology from University College London. He is Senior Lecturer in Media at Sheffield Hallam University and the author of Media and Nation Building (Berghahn, 2006) and Localizing the Internet (Berghahn, forthcoming). He has published widely on the anthropology of media and is the founder of the EASA Media Anthropology Network.

Birgit Bräuchler is Senior Lecturer in Anthropology at the School of Social Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne. She is author of Cyberidentities at War (2013, Berghahn), The Cultural Dimension of Peace (2015, Palgrave), editor of Reconciling Indonesia (2009, Routledge), co-editor of Theorising Media and Conflict (forthcoming, Berghahn) with Philipp Budka and has published widely in peer-reviewed journals.