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  • Heather Horst, Director of the Digital Ethnography Research Centre, RMIT University Australia

    “This is a fascinating account of the lived experience of marginalization and belonging among south-south migrants in Cape Town, South African. Focusing upon a range of consumption practices including the use of new media and mobile phones, Powell examines how social media is used for rights-based claims and action. Giving voice to everyday migrants, Powell provides a welcome corrective to some of the global political activism that currently dominates the mobile and social media for social change literature.”