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Migration, Diaspora and Information Technology in Global Societies

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Chinese Communities
Chinese Cyberspace
Chinese Internet
Chinese Migrants
Chinese Netizens
Cibervalle Forum
Common Language
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computer-mediated
Contemporary Society
Diasporic Media Cultures
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ethnic minority technology use
Game Addicts
Home Town
ICT Adoption
ICT impact on migrant communities
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intercultural studies
Internet Points
JRC IPTS
Kingsway International Christian Centre
Lelia Green
Leopoldina Fortunati
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mobile
MSN Messenger
Online Discussion Platform
Pearl River Delta
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Play Internet Games
qualitative migration research
sociolinguistics
transnational communication
Young Male Soccer Players
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Young Sudanese Men

Product details

  • ISBN 9780415887090
  • Weight: 700g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 21 Dec 2011
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Description

Migrants and diaspora communities are shaped by their use of information and communication technologies. This book explores the multifaceted role played by new media in the re-location of these groups of people, assisting them in their efforts to defeat nostalgia, construct new communities, and keep connected with their communities of origin. Furthermore, the book analyses the different ways in which migrants contribute, along with natives, in co-constructing contemporary societies – a process in which the cultures of both groups are considered. Drawing on contributions from a range of disciplines including sociology, anthropology, psychology and linguistics, it offers a more profound understanding of one of the most significant phenomena of contemporary international societies – the migration of nearly a billion people worldwide - and the relationship between technology and society.
About
Leopoldina Fortunati is Professor of Sociology at the University of Udine. Raul Pertierra teaches at the University of the Philippines and at the Ateneo de Manila University. Jane Vincent joined the Digital World Research Centre at the University of Surrey as a Research Fellow in 2002 and has worked with them since 1998.