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#FutureLearnAsks Why We Post Twitter chat: the highlights

How does social media change the ways we communicate around the world? Can it enhance equality and opportunities for the poor? These are some of the questions debated in our #FutureLearnAsks Twitter chat, as well as the pros and cons of selfies and memes.

How does social media change the ways we communicate around the world? Can it enhance equality and opportunities for the poor? These are some of the questions debated in our #FutureLearnAsks Twitter chat, as well as the pros and cons of selfies and memes! Find out more in the free online course Why We Post: the Anthropology of Social Media

Read on for insights from our guest experts who are part of UCL’s Why We Post research project: Daniel Miller, Juilano Spyer and Laura Haapio-Kirk. The Economist called this “the biggest, most ambitious project of its sort” – find out more on the Why We Post website.

If this chat has inspired you to dig deeper into global social media and challenge your assumptions, there’s still time to join Why We Post!

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