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About the project
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About the project

Why We Post is a global anthropological research project on the uses and consequences of social media.

Research Sites
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Research Sites

9 anthropologists spent 15 months living in 9 communities around the world, researching the role of social media in people's everyday lives.

Our discoveries

Discovery 1
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Discovery 1

Social media is not making us more individualistic.

Discovery 2
Discovery 2

Discovery 2

Social media does not detract from education - it is education.

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Discovery 3

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Access the full list of our findings.