List of Figures and Tables. Acknowledgements. Chapter 1. Introduction to social media and everyday life in South Africa. Chapter 2. Wearable tech and the qualified self: a sociological analysis of South African Strava users. Chapter 3. Liquid love? South African’s experiences of Tinder. Chapter 4. Social media, space and place: #capetown on Instagram. Chapter 5. (Re)imagining the nation: Facebook, the #imstaying movement and cultural citizenship. Chapter 6. (De)constructing the movement: the social media ecology of #FeesMustFall. Chapter 7. Social media and social movements: the hashtagged activism of #ZumaMustFall. Chapter 8: Twitter, race and social surveillance in the (virtual) public sphere. Index
Biography
Tanja E. Bosch is Associate Professor of Media Studies and Production at the University of Cape Town. She teaches multimedia production, social media, radio studies and research methods.
