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

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Discovery 1

Social media is not making us more individualistic.

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Discovery 4

Equality online doesn't mean equality offline.

 
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Discovery 12

Social media, and sometimes fake accounts, can have a profound impact on gender relations.

All discoveries

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.

Read our free books

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'.

Online course 

社交媒体的人类学研究(The Anthropology of Social Media)是在我们的研究基础上设立的免费在线课程,历时五周。

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!

你可以在UCLeXtend上参加课程,可选语言有中文、葡萄牙语、泰米尔语、印地语、西班牙语、意大利语和土耳其语。

Take the course in Chinese, Portuguese, Tamil, Hindi, Spanish, Italian, or Turkish on UCLeXtend.

Access any time.

 

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