Social Media in South India

One of the first ethnographic studies to explore use of social media in the everyday lives of people in Tamil Nadu, Social Media in South India provides an understanding of this subject in a region experiencing rapid transformation. The influx of IT companies over the past decade into what was once...

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Main Author: Venkatraman, Shriram (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: UCL Press 2017
Series:Why We Post
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