Social Media in Southeast Italy
Nicolescu, Razvan
Social Media in Southeast Italy - UCL Press 2016 - 1 electronic resource (224 p.)
Open Access
Why is social media in southeast Italy so predictable when it is used by such a range of different people? This book describes the impact of social media on the population of a town in the southern region of Puglia, Italy. Razvan Nicolescu spent 15 months living among the town’s residents, exploring what it means to be an individual on social media. Why do people from this region conform on platforms that are designed for personal expression?
Creative Commons
English
111.9781910634745
10.14324/111.9781910634745 doi
Society & social sciences
Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography
culture social media family religion conformity Facebook Italy Meme WhatsApp
Social Media in Southeast Italy - UCL Press 2016 - 1 electronic resource (224 p.)
Open Access
Why is social media in southeast Italy so predictable when it is used by such a range of different people? This book describes the impact of social media on the population of a town in the southern region of Puglia, Italy. Razvan Nicolescu spent 15 months living among the town’s residents, exploring what it means to be an individual on social media. Why do people from this region conform on platforms that are designed for personal expression?
Creative Commons
English
111.9781910634745
10.14324/111.9781910634745 doi
Society & social sciences
Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography
culture social media family religion conformity Facebook Italy Meme WhatsApp