Social media in northern Chile posting the extraordinarily ordinary

Based on 15 months of ethnographic research in the city of Alto Hospicio in northern Chile, this book describes how the residents use social media, and the consequences of this use in their daily lives. Nell Haynes argues that social media is a place where Alto Hospicio’s residents – or Hospiceños...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Haynes, Nell, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, England: UCL Press 2016
2016.
Colección:Why we post.
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009424515006719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction: online and on the margins in Alto Hospicio, Chile
  • 2. The social media landscape: performing citizenship online
  • 3. Visual posting: The aesthetics of Alto Hospicio
  • 4. Relationships: creating authenticity on social media
  • 5. Work and gender: producing normativity and gendered selves
  • 6. The wider world: imagining community in Alto Hospicio
  • 7. Conclusion: the extraordinary ordinariness of Alto Hospicio
  • Appendix 1. Social media questionnaire.