Social Media in Trinidad : values and visibility

Social Media in Trinidad values and visibility

Drawing on 15 months of ethnographic research in one of the most under-developed regions in the Caribbean island of Trinidad, this book describes the uses and consequences of social media for its residents. Jolynna Sinanan argues that this semi-urban town is a place in-between: somewhere city dwelle...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Sinanan, Jolynna (auth)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : UCL Press 2017
2017.
Colección:Why we post.
Materias:
Society & social sciences
Society & culture: general
Cultural studies
Sociology & anthropology
Trinidad and Tobago.
caribbean
carnival
carnival logic
anthropology
El Mirador
Facebook
Instagram
Social media
Trinidad
Trinidad and Tobago
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009803335306719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The field site : a town that could be anywhere
  • The social medial landscape : new media and 'old' media
  • Visual postings : showing individuality and remaining part of a group
  • Relationships : polymedia and the family
  • Social media and social visibility : being very local and very global
  • The wider world : non-activism and the visibility of values
  • Conclusion : social media through ethnography.

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