Virtual Tribe - by Steven C Dinero (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"In the post-colonial era, tribal peoples are particularly vulnerable to new technologies and industrialization, which threaten their cultures, homelands and ways of living. However, there is a surprising exception to this trend in the form of social media. This book explores how tribal and indigenous peoples across the globe are using social media such as Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp in fresh and inventive ways unique to their values and lifestyles. These platforms help tribal peoples to communicate across boundaries and barriers as never before, and are helping to strengthen communal identity and development in the global age"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>In the post-colonial era, tribal peoples are particularly vulnerable to new technologies and industrialization, which threaten their cultures, homelands and ways of living. However, there is a surprising exception to this trend in the form of social media. This book explores how tribal and indigenous peoples across the globe are using social media such as Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp in fresh and inventive ways unique to their values and lifestyles. These platforms help tribal peoples to communicate across boundaries and barriers as never before, and are helping to strengthen communal identity and development in the global age.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"<i>Virtual Tribe</i> is a testimony to the use of technology as a powerful tool for reclaiming and repositioning indigenous issues, knowledge, and analyses to form indigenous resiliency and resistance...recommended"--<i>Choice</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Steven C. Dinero</b> is the executive director of the Carbon County Museum in Rawlins, Wyoming.
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