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

• Author: Sinanan, Jolynna,
• Place / Publishing House: London : : UCL Press,, 2017.; ©2017.
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Why we post.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (247 pages) :; illustrations.

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.

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.