Why We Post
Why We Post is a global anthropological research project on the uses and consequences of social media.
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Research Sites9 anthropologists spent 15 months living in 9 communities around the world, researching the role of social media in people's everyday lives. |
Our Discoveries
Read our free books
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Download the books from UCL Press
We are releasing 11 free open access volumes of ethnographic research based on the project. For an overview, take a look at the comparative book 'How the World Changed Social Media'.
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Online courses
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Take the course in Chinese, Portuguese, Tamil, Hindi, Spanish, Italian, or Turkish on UCLeXtend.
Access any time.
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The Anthropology of Social Media is a free five-week online course based on the research.
The next run of the course starts 16th October 2017 on FutureLearn. Certificate available!
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