Ray,N. (2012). Interrogating The Shield |
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| Authors: | Michael L Wayne |
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| Institution: | Department of Sociology , University of Virginia , Charlottesville , Virginia , USA |
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| Abstract: | This paper highlights, through a critical political economy approach, a number of inequalities, or “divides,” that have been neglected in digital divides research, divides arising from the domination of social media platform ownership by a few for-profit corporations. As a result, the paper calls for an expansion of digital divides research to include a critical examination of the empowerment relations flowing from the contexts of digital media technologies themselves and not just the contexts of users. |
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| Keywords: | Islam gender dress Burkina Faso postcolonialism modernity |
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