Social media in emergent Brazil : how the Internet affects social mobility /

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Based on 15 months of ethnographic research, this book aims to understand why low-income Brazilians have invested so much of their time and money in learning about social media. Juliano Spyer explores this question from a number of perspectives, including education, relationships, work and politics....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Spyer, Juliano
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [London] : UCL Press, 2017.
Colección:Why we post.
Temas:
Internet and the poor > Brazil.
Social media > Brazil.
Social media > Economic aspects > Brazil.
Digital divide > Brazil.
Médias sociaux > Brésil.
Médias sociaux > Aspect économique > Brésil.
Fossé numérique > Brésil.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
Digital divide.
Internet and the poor.
Social media.
Social media > Economic aspects.
Brazil.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Half Title
  • Series Information
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Introduction to the series Why We Post
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • List of figures
  • 1 The field site: emergent Brazil
  • Social media in their own terms
  • Why do they love social media?
  • Social media in emergent Brazil
  • Choosing a location
  • The field site
  • Historical context
  • The people
  • A migrant family from Salvador
  • Tourism, migration and urbanisation
  • The settlement
  • A young peasant woman migrates to BalduÃƯno
  • Christianity73
  • Moral and class distinctionsA local adult and his â#x80;rebelliousâ#x80;#x99; choice to be a fisherman
  • Methods
  • Choices to study social media use
  • Ethical issues
  • 2 The social media landscape: hiding in the light
  • Invisibility as a strategy
  • Learning oneâ#x80;#x99;s place in the world
  • Encryption and â#x80;indirectsâ#x80;#x99;
  • Speech encryption
  • Mobiles, internet and conversation encryption
  • Speech encryption and social media
  • Hiding under the light
  • Indirect messages
  • Lucieneâ#x80;#x99;s indirects
  • Social â#x80;narrowcastingâ#x80;#x99;
  • Open secrets
  • Conclusion
  • 3 Visual postings: lights on, lights offâ#x80;Lights offâ#x80;#x99;
  • What I do not show
  • What I have shown here
  • â#x80;Lights onâ#x80;#x99;
  • Self-portraits, beauty and consumption
  • Hair is often straightened and shows a fringe
  • Selfies often display symbols of upward mobility such as clothing and accessories
  • The expectation of receiving complimentary comments and likes
  • The opposite of cool
  • Displaying enjoyment
  • Swimming pools, sandy beaches and alcohol
  • Consuming food
  • Displaying bonds
  • Peer relations
  • Couples, romance and marriage
  • Displaying faithEvangelical Christians display their faith through a rigorous dress code
  • Indiretas
  • Loss of trust
  • Religious differences
  • Conclusion
  • 4 Intimacy: dense networks
  • Friends and rivals
  • Levels of closeness
  • Adding mutual friends
  • Rivalry as social glue
  • â#x80;Sandwich livingâ#x80;#x99; and social media
  • Trust, infidelity and spying
  • Sex and marriage
  • The expectation of infidelity35
  • Romance, infidelity and social media
  • Social media and spying
  • Sharing passwords and social shaming on YouTube
  • Parentâ#x80;#x93;child relationsMaternity, work and social media
  • A place parents do not control
  • Social media, parenting and sexuality
  • Finding a middle ground
  • Conclusion
  • 5 Education and work: tensions in class
  • Schooling in the settlement
  • â#x80;I lived on a different planetâ#x80;#x99;
  • Better schools, new problems
  • A high school diploma to be â#x80;tranquiloâ#x80;#x99;
  • Class separations12
  • How school staff see social media
  • Social media as a school
  • Spellchecking and the public display of literacy
  • Children and gaming

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