CHAPTER 12 Playful Practices: Theorising ‘New Media’ Cultural Production

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Figures ix
4. Preface xi
5. Introduction: Theorising Media and Practice 1
6. PART 1 Media as Practice
7. CHAPTER 1 Theorising Media as Practice 35
8. CHAPTER 2 What Do We Mean by ‘Media Practices’? 55
9. CHAPTER 3 Media as Practice: A Brief Exchange 77
10. PART II Media, Culture and Practice
11. CHAPTER 4 From Fan Practice to Mediated Moments: The Value of Practice Theory in the Understanding of Media Audiences 85
12. CHAPTER 5 Thick Context, Deep Epistemology: A Meditation on Wide-Angle Lenses on Media, Knowledge Production and the Concept of Culture 105
13. CHAPTER 6 ‘But It Is My Habit to Read the Times’: Metaculture and Practice in the Reading of Indian Newspapers 127
14. CHAPTER 7 Embedded/Embedding Media Practices and Cultural Production 147
15. PART III Media Practices in Context
16. Chapter 8 Communication, Cognition and Usage: Epistemological Considerations of Media Practices and Processes 171
17. CHAPTER 9 Language-games, In/dividuals and Media Uses: What a Practice Perspective Should Imply for Media Studies 191
18. CHAPTER 10 A Barthian Approach to Practice and Media: Internet Engagements among Teleworkers in Rural Denmark 213
19. CHAPTER 11 Can Practice Theory Inspire Studies of ICTs in Everyday Life? 233
20. PART IV New Media Production Practices
21. CHAPTER 12 Playful Practices: Theorising ‘New Media’ Cultural Production 259
22. CHAPTER 13 Theorising the Practices of Free Software: The Movement 281
23. CHAPTER 14 Cinematography and Camera Crew: Practice, Process and Procedure 303
24. Notes on Contributors 325
25. Index 331