Social media in Southeast Italy : crafting ideals /
Why is social media in southeast Italy so predictable when it is used by such a range of different people? This book describes the impact of social media on the population of a town in the southern region of Puglia, Italy. Razvan Nicolescu spent 15 months living among the town's residents, expl...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
UCL Press,
2016.
©20 |
Colección: | Why we post.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Why is social media in southeast Italy so predictable when it is used by such a range of different people? This book describes the impact of social media on the population of a town in the southern region of Puglia, Italy. Razvan Nicolescu spent 15 months living among the town's residents, exploring what it means to be an individual on social media. Why do people from this region conform on platforms that are designed for personal expression? Nicolescu argues that social media use in this region of the world is related to how people want to portray themselves. He pays special attention to the ability of users to craft their appearance in relation to collective ideals, values and social positions, and how this feature of social media has, for the residents of the town, become a moral obligation: they are expected to be willing to adapt their appearance to suit their different audiences at the same time, which is crucial in a town where religion and family are at the heart of daily life. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (193 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781910634752 1910634751 9781910634745 1910634743 9781911307693 191130769X 1910634727 9781910634721 1910634735 9781910634738 9781910634769 191063476X |