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Why We Post

Editor(s): Daniel Miller

Why do we post on social media? Is it true that we are replacing face-to-face relationships with on-screen life? Are we becoming more narcissistic with the rise of selfies? Does social media create or suppress political action, destroy privacy or become the only way to sell something? And are these claims equally true for a factory worker in China and an IT professional in India?

With these questions in mind, nine anthropologists each spent 15 months living in communities in China, Brazil, Turkey, Chile, India, England, Italy and Trinidad. They studied not only platforms but the content of social media to understand both why we post and the consequences of social media on our lives. Their findings indicate that social media is more than communication – it is also a place where we now live.

This series explores and compares the results in a collection of ground-breaking and accessible ethnographic studies. To find out more, visit http://www.ucl.ac.uk/why-we-post

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Las Redes Sociales en el Norte de Chile

Nell Haynes,

29 November 2019

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Como o Mundo Mudou as Mídias Sociais

Daniel Miller, Elisabetta Costa, Nell Haynes, Tom McDonald, Razvan Nicolescu, Jolynna Sinanan, Juliano Spyer, Shriram Venkatraman, Xinyuan Wang,

14 August 2019

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दुनिया ने जैसे सामाजिक मीडिया को बदल दिया

Daniel Miller, Elisabetta Costa, Nell Haynes, Tom McDonald, Razvan Nicolescu, Jolynna Sinanan, Juliano Spyer, Shriram Venkatraman, Xinyuan Wang,

28 February 2019

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உலகம் சமூக ஊடகங்களை எப்படி மாற்றியிருக்கிறது

Elisabetta Costa, Nell Haynes, Tom McDonald, Razvan Nicolescu, Jolynna Sinanan, Juliano Spyer, Shriram Venkatraman, Xinyuan Wang,

28 February 2019

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Come il mondo ha cambiato i social media

Daniel Miller, Elisabetta Costa, Nell Haynes, Tom McDonald, Razvan Nicolescu, Jolynna Sinanan, Juliano Spyer, Shriram Venkatraman, Xinyuan Wang, Gabriella D’Agostino, Vincenzo Matera,

24 January 2019

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Mίdias sociais no Brasil emergente

Juliano Spyer,

19 July 2018

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Social Media in Trinidad

Jolynna Sinanan,

21 November 2017

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Social Media in Emergent Brazil

Juliano Spyer,

23 October 2017

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Social Media in South India

Shriram Venkatraman,

09 June 2017

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Visualising Facebook

Daniel Miller, Jolynna Sinanan,

07 March 2017

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