TY  - BOOK
AU  - Haynes, Nell
AB  - 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 Hospicio’s residents – or Hospiceños – 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, Hospiceños 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, Hospiceños 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.
DO  - 10.14324/111.9781910634592
ID  - OAPEN ID: 609771
ID  - OAPEN ID: OCN: 987704012
KW  - social media
KW  - society
KW  - culture
KW  - ethnography
KW  - Alto Hospicio
KW  - Chile
KW  - Facebook
KW  - Instagram
KW  - Iquique
KW  - Meme
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/0103c399-9ba9-4d6c-8d97-a42292a9c5f7/609771.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/32690
PB  - UCL Press
PY  - 2016
SN  - 9781910634578
SN  - 9781910634585
SN  - 9781910634608
SN  - 9781910634615
TI  - Social Media in Northern Chilenull
ER  - 
