Normal view MARC view ISBD view

The Routledge companion to media anthropology / edited by Elisabetta Costa, Patricia G. Lange, Nell Haynes ...[et al.]

Contributor(s): Costa, Elisabetta‏ ‎ [editor.] | Lange, Patricia G [editor.] | Haynes, Nell ...[et al.] [editor.].
Publisher: Oxon : Routledge, 2023Description: xxv, 596p.ISBN: 9781032007762.Subject(s): Mass media and anthropology | Mass media and culture | Anthropological ethicsDDC classification: 302.23 Summary: "The Routledge Companion to Media Anthropology defines the widening and flourishing area of media anthropology, and outlines key themes, debates, and emerging directions. The Routledge Companion to Media Anthropology draws together the work of scholars from across the globe, with ethnographic studies that address a wide range of media practices and forms. Comprising 42 chapters by a team of international contributors, the Handbook is divided into 3 parts: Histories Approaches Thematic Considerations The chapters offer wide-ranging explorations of how forms of mediation influence communication, social relationships, cultural practices, participation, and social change, as well as production and access to information and knowledge. This volume considers new developments, and highlights the ways in which anthropology can contribute to the study of the human condition and the social processes in which media are entangled. This is an indispensable teaching resource for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students and an essential text for scholars working across the areas that media anthropology engages with, including anthropology, sociology, media and cultural studies, internet and communication studies, and science and technology studies"--
    average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The Routledge Companion to Media Anthropology defines the widening and flourishing area of media anthropology, and outlines key themes, debates, and emerging directions. The Routledge Companion to Media Anthropology draws together the work of scholars from across the globe, with ethnographic studies that address a wide range of media practices and forms. Comprising 42 chapters by a team of international contributors, the Handbook is divided into 3 parts: Histories Approaches Thematic Considerations The chapters offer wide-ranging explorations of how forms of mediation influence communication, social relationships, cultural practices, participation, and social change, as well as production and access to information and knowledge. This volume considers new developments, and highlights the ways in which anthropology can contribute to the study of the human condition and the social processes in which media are entangled. This is an indispensable teaching resource for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students and an essential text for scholars working across the areas that media anthropology engages with, including anthropology, sociology, media and cultural studies, internet and communication studies, and science and technology studies"--

English.

There are no comments for this item.

Log in to your account to post a comment.