Social media in northern Chile : : posting the extraordinarily ordinary / / Nell Haynes.

• Superior document: Why we post
• VerfasserIn: Haynes, Nell,
• Place / Publishing House: London : : UCL Press,, 2016.
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Why we post.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 218 pages).

Based on 15 months of ethnographic research in the city of Alto Hospicio in northern Chile, this book describes how the residents use social media, and the consequences of this use in their daily lives. Nell Haynes argues that social media is a place where Alto Hоѕрісіођ́ةs residents ђ́أ or Hospice©łos ђ́أ express their feelings of marginalisation that result from living in city far from the national capital, and with a notoriously low quality of life compared to other urban areas in Chile. In actively distancing themselves from residents in cities such as Santiago, Hospice©łos identify as marginalised citizens, and express a new kind of social norm. Yet Haynes finds that by contrasting their own lived experiences with those of people in metropolitan areas, Hospice©łos are strengthening their own sense of community and the sense of normativity that shapes their daily lives. This exciting conclusion is illustrated by the range of social media posts about personal relationships, politics and national citizenship, particularly on Facebook.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: online and on the margins in Alto Hospicio, Chile -- 2. The social media landscape: performing citizenship online -- 3. Visual posting: The aesthetics of Alto Hospicio -- 4. Relationships: creating authenticity on social media -- 5. Work and gender: producing normativity and gendered selves -- 6. The wider world: imagining community in Alto Hospicio -- 7. Conclusion: the extraordinary ordinariness of Alto Hospicio -- Appendix 1. Social media questionnaire.