Local content and embeddedness on the internet : following the texts and practices of bloggers from a Brazilian favela
This thesis considers how residents of a favela (shantytown) in the city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil use the internet to publish and disseminate content, particularly on blogs, which puts forward their own representations of the area where they live. The interdisciplinary and ethnographically inspir...
Main Author: | Holmes, Victoria Esther |
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University of Liverpool
2011
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.569262 |
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