TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dinero,Steven C.
TI  - Virtual tribe: indigenous identity in social media 
SN  - 9781476674704
AV  - GN380 .D55 2020
PY  - 2020///]
CY  - Jefferson, North Carolina
PB  - McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
KW  - Internet and indigenous peoples
KW  - Social media
KW  - Indigenous peoples
KW  - Communication
KW  - Ethnic identity
KW  - Communication and culture
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Social media in an indigenous world -- The front room -- The back room
N2  - "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"--
ER  -