LEADER 03494nam 2200673z- 450 001 9910836796603321 005 20240327190100.0 010 $a1-78735-098-3 010 $a1-78735-095-9 010 $a1-78735-096-7 010 $a1-78735-093-2 035 $a(CKB)5680000000036147 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/32500 035 $a(EXLCZ)995680000000036147 100 $a20202102d2017 |y e 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSocial Media in Trinidad $evalues and visibility /$fJolynna Sinanan 210 $cUCL Press$d2017 210 1$aLondon :$cUCL Press,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017. 215 $a1 electronic resource (250 p.) 225 1 $aWhy We Post 311 $a1-78735-094-0 311 $a9781787350930 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aDrawing on 15 months of ethnographic research in one of the most under-developed regions in the Caribbean island of Trinidad, this book describes the uses and consequences of social media for its residents. Jolynna Sinanan argues that this semi-urban town is a place in-between: somewhere city dwellers look down on and villagers look up to. The complex identity of the town is expressed through uses of social media, with significant results for understanding social media more generally. Not elevating oneself above others is one of the core values of the town, and social media becomes a tool for social visibility; that is, the process of how social norms come to be and how they are negotiated. Carnival logic and high-impact visuality is pervasive in uses of social media, even if Carnival is not embraced by all Trinidadians in the town and results in presenting oneself and association with different groups in varying ways. The study also has surprising results in how residents are explicitly non-activist and align themselves with everyday values of maintaining good relationships in a small town, rather than espousing more worldly or cosmopolitan values. 410 0$aWhy we post. 606 $aSociety & social sciences$2bicssc 606 $aSociety & culture: general$2bicssc 606 $aCultural studies$2bicssc 606 $aSociology & anthropology$2bicssc 607 $aTrinidad and Tobago$2fast 610 $acaribbean 610 $acarnival 610 $acarnival logic 610 $aanthropology 610 $aEl Mirador 610 $aFacebook 610 $aInstagram 610 $aSocial media 610 $aTrinidad 610 $aTrinidad and Tobago 615 7$aSociety & social sciences 615 7$aSociety & culture: general 615 7$aCultural studies 615 7$aSociology & anthropology 676 $a302.231 700 $aSinanan$b Jolynna$4auth$0447523 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910836796603321 996 $aSocial Media in Trinidad$92157569 997 $aUNINA