Social Media in Trinidad : Values and Visibility /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sinanan, Jolynna (auteur.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : UCL Press, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social media.
Online social networks.
Social media > Trinidad and Tobago.
Online social networks > Trinidad and Tobago.
Trinidad and Tobago.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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