Social Media in Trinidad Jolynna Sinanan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sinanan, Jolynna, author.

Series:

Why we post.

Why We Post

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trinidad and Tobago.

Physical Description:

1 electronic resource (250 p.)

Place of Publication:

UCL Press 2017

London : UCL Press, 2017.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781787350984

1787350983

9781787350953

1787350959

9781787350960

1787350967

9781787350939

1787350932

OCLC:

1030820311