Elaborate the difference between interpreting and producing media and analyze How anthropologists studied these processes differently
Textbook:https://perspectives.pressbooks.com/chapter/media-anthropology-meaning-embodiment
infrastructure-and-activism/
Reading: BMT, ch. 16: Media Anthropology: Meaning, Embodiment, Infrastructure, and Activism
Discussion Questions
1. What is the difference between interpreting and producing media? How have anthropologists studied
these processes differently?
2. How do anthropologists study media consumption, media production, and infrastructure? What different
types of approaches did the anthropologists in this chapter use? What sets media anthropologists apart
from other types of media scholars?