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.

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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

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