Project Directory

Anthropology of Social Networking Research Projects Directory. This page aims to provide a resource to researchers by listing research related to the Anthropology of Social Networking around the world, regardless of institution. Please contact us if you wish to add your research to the listing.

The Anthropology of social networking website is a directory dedicated to bringing together researchers, regardless of institution, with an interest in anthropological studies of social networking sites, and their impact on our knowledge and understanding of society, humankind, and social science theory.

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Please note, the above map is only broadly indicative of the location of research sites. In many cases to protect the anonymity of research participants, a nearby large city has instead been shown as the location of the research.

(A-Z) by title:

Title	Researcher	Country	Status
A New Public Order: Network Politics and the Tea Party Movement	Charles Pearson	USA	Ongoing
Being an actor in political decision-making processes	Julia Tiemann	Iceland/Germany	Ongoing
Doing social network sites: the case of Cibervalle	Heike Mónika Greschke	Paraguay	Complete
Facebook in Trinidad	Daniel Miller, Jolynna Sinanan	Trindidad	Complete
Islamic (Inter)Faces of the Internet: Emerging Socialities and Forms of Piety in Indonesia	Martin Slama	Indonesia	Ongoing
Mobile Berlin: Social Media and the New Europe	Jordan Kraemer	Germany, Netherlands	Ongoing
Tales from the Golden Age: Narrating Communist Childhoods in Romania	Codruta Pohrib	Romania	Ongoing
Occupying Cyberspace: Indonesian Cyberactivism and Occupy Wall Street	Michael Oman-Reagan	Jakarta, Indonesia	Ongoing
'Online togetherness' of Brazilian migrants on social network sites	Mieke Schrooten	Brazil	Ongoing
Secret communication systems in Facebook	Giustina Trevisi	Colombia	Complete
Social networking and social science research project	Daniel Miller	Multiple	Ongoing
Shifting Fields: Social Media, Religion and Popular Culture in Brazil and the Diaspora	Martijn Oosterbaan	Brazil	Ongoing
The social experience of ageing in a technologically connected world	Di Shaw	Australia	Ongoing
Welcome to Kampoeng Cyber: Community 2.0 in Indonesia	Jessika Tremblay	Canada	Ongoing
What 'friends' on the screen may mean: social networking shaping the Filipino diaspora	Deirdre McKay	Philippines (diaspora)	Ongoing
Why do Argentine politicians use social media?	Raquel Tarullo	Argentinia	Complete
Use of mobiles and social media in the Republic of Benin and their implications for cultural identity construction in a collectivistic West-African society	Martina Kainz	Cotonou (Republic of Benin, West Africa)	Ongoing