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This document provides an abstract for a thesis investigating the social impact of new technologies in the Catalan city of Figueres, Spain. The research asks how residents situate websites, social media, email and mobile phones within their existing communication practices and whether "Web 2.0" truly introduces anything new. It also examines if the internet challenges or reinforces social stratification. Through ethnographic case studies of linguistic nationalism, communication, social media use, and local

Author

Fran Barone

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EN