Research Catalog

Title

Social media and everyday life in South Africa / Tanja E Bosch.

Author

Bosch, Tanja Estella

Publication

London ; New York : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.

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Details

Description

vii,157 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

"This book explores how social media is used in South Africa, through a range of case studies exploring various social networking sites and applications. This volume explores how, over the past decade, social media platforms have deeply penetrated the fabric of everyday life. The author considers South Africans' use of wearable tech and use of online health and sports tracking systems via mobile phones within the broader context of the digital data economy. The author also focuses on the dating app Tinder, to show how people negotiate and redefine intimacy through the practice of online dating via strategic performances in pursuit of love, sex and intimacy. The book concludes with the use of Facebook and Twitter for social activism e.g. Fees Must Fall; as well as networked community building as in the case of the #ImStaying movement. This book will be of interest to social media academics and students, as well as anyone interested in social media, politics and cultural life in South Africa"--

Series Statement

Routledge contemporary South Africa

Uniform Title

Routledge contemporary South Africa.

Subject

• Social media > South Africa
• Social media and society > South Africa
• Social media
• Social media and society
• South Africa

Genre/Form

Case studies.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction to social media and everyday life in South Africa -- Wearable tech and the qualified self : A sociological analysis of South African Strava users -- Liquid love? South African's experiences of Tinder -- Social media, space and place: #capetown on Instagram -- (Re)imagining the nation: Facebook, the #Imstaying movement and cultural citizenship -- (De)Constructing the movement: The social media ecology of #FeesMustFall -- Social media and social movements: The hashtagged activism of #ZumaMustFall -- Twitter, race and social surveillance in the (virtual) public sphere -- Index.

Call Number

Sc E 22-883

ISBN

• 9780367280796
• 0367280795

LCCN

2020026360

OCLC

1158505457

Author

Bosch, Tanja Estella, author.

Title

Social media and everyday life in South Africa / Tanja E Bosch.

Publisher

London ; New York : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Routledge contemporary South Africa

Routledge contemporary South Africa.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Note

AUTH: UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN.

Research Call Number

Sc E 22-883