Media consumption in Malaysia a hermeneutics of human behaviour

The volume provides an account of practices theory from its origins in critical hermeneutics (such as Heidegger, Gadamer and Ricoeur), as reflecting on the processes of embodied understanding, developing alongside interpretive and reception theory. Part I draws upon authors as diverse as Heidegger a...

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Main Author: Wilson, Tony 1947- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London Routledge 2015
Series:Routledge contemporary Southeast Asia series 70
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: why our (re)turn to hermeneutics? : understanding as ubiquitous practice
  • Audiences entering mall and media: visitors projecting everyday practices
  • Participatory practices in promotional places: consumers from Heidegger to Henry Jenkins
  • Video blogging and branding on YouTube: interpreting ready-to-hand understanding
  • Consumers constructing marketing meaning: generic practices in participatory online media
  • Consuming sites: Malaysians visiting social media : ready-to-hand repertoires presented as practices
  • Visitors engaging in mall practices: minimally monitored managing meaning
  • Conclusion: phenomenology practices theory : new hermeneutics/old Heidegger?