Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Venkatraman, Shriram

Titel

Social media in South India

Ort / Verlag

[S.l.] : UCL PRESS

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

Link zum Volltext

• JSTOR - Open Access E-Books (ZDB-39-JOA)

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• 1. Panchagrami and its complexities -- 2. The social media landscape: people, their perception and presence on social media -- 3. Visual posting: continuing visual spaces -- 4. Relationships: kinship on social media -- 5. Bringing home to work: the role of social media in blurring work-non-work boundaries -- 6. The wider world: social media and education in a knowledge economy -- 7. Conclusion: social media and its continuing complexities
• 5 Bringing home to work: the role of social media in blurring work-non-work boundariesWork -- the anthropological view; Work, caste and kinship -- a historical view from India; IT work culture; Bypassing restrictions; Office communicator; Anita and Purushottam -- a couple on the inter-office communicator; Ramanan and Balashankar -- cycling buddies; Cricket matches and Abhishek's office; The re-integration of work and home cultures; Mediating structures in the IT industry: kin-based networks in lower socio-economic classes; Conclusion
• 6 The wider world: social media and education in a knowledge economyA day in the life of Ranjith; Ranjith is 15 years old and from an upper middle-class background. He attends an international school.; A day in the life of Pandian; Pandian is 15 years old and from a lower socio-economic background. He attends a private local school.; Introduction; Knowledge economy: an identity that inspires aspirations; School system at Panchagrami; ICT and social media in schools; Accessing social media on mobile platforms; Social media: friending teachers; Social media and parent-teacher associations (PTA)