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Theorising Media and Practice Birgit Brauchler

Theorising Media and Practice By Birgit Brauchler

Theorising Media and Practice by Birgit Brauchler


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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 Shatzki and rethinks the study of media from the perspective of practice theory.

Theorising Media and Practice Summary

Theorising Media and Practice by Birgit Brauchler

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.

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This book is extremely thought provoking and makes an important contribution to current debates about the nature and scope of media ethnography. It includes the work of some of the most outstanding scholars working at the intersection of media studies and media ethnography, and many of the individual chapters make important contributions to the field. * Virginia Nightingale, University of Western Sydney

This is a worthy, potentially important book, very likely to have a substantial influence in the growing interdisciplinary fields of media studies and media anthropology. It is a well conceived and timely contribution to a set of ongoing conceptual debates and is successful in both representing those debates and participating in them. It deserves to be widely read. * Eric W. Rothenbuhler, Texas A&M University

About Birgit Brauchler

Birgit Brauchler is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Copenhagen. 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 (2020, Berghahn) with Philipp Budka and has published widely in peer-reviewed journals.

Table of Contents

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 Ropke

PART IV: NEW MEDIA PRODUCTION PRACTICES

Chapter 12. Playful Practices: Theorising 'New Media' Cultural Production
Elisenda Ardevol, Antoni Roig, Gemma San Cornelio, Ruth Pages 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

Additional information

GOR009100890
9781845457457
1845457455
Theorising Media and Practice by Birgit Brauchler
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Berghahn Books
2010-11-01
352
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