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Record Nr.

UNINA9910229241403321

Autore

Sinanan Jolynna

Titolo

Social Media in Trinidad : Values and Visibility / / Jolynna Sinanan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : UCL Press, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-78735-095-9

1-78735-096-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Why we post

Disciplina

302.231

Soggetti

Social media

Online social networks

Social media - Trinidad and Tobago

Online social networks - Trinidad and Tobago

Electronic books.

Trinidad and Tobago

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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 dwellers look down on and villagers look up to. The complex identity of the town is expressed through uses of social media, with significant results for understanding social media more generally. Not elevating oneself above others is one of the core values of the town, and social media becomes a tool for.