Social Media in an English Village

Daniel Miller spent 18 months undertaking an ethnographic study with the residents of an English village, tracking their use of the different social media platforms. Following his study, he argues that a focus on platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram does little to explain what we post o...

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Main Author: Miller, Daniel (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: UCL Press 2016
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