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.
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.
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