Message posted on 25/06/2019

New publication: Digital Diasporas, an overview of the research field of migration and new media

Hi everyone,=20

I enclose a link to a new publication the might be of interest for = people into mobility:=20

Andersson K. B.: Digital diasporas: An overview of the research areas of = migration and new media through a narrative literature review, Human = Technology, 15(2) pp 142-180

Abstract:=20

Academic research on migration and the use of new media constitutes a = growing field. The first studies dealing explicitly with the field = appeared in the end of the 1990s. Now, it has become an established = research area. The impact and importance of the new technologies for = migrants is well established. Appropriation of ICTs and new media = environments have become a ubiquitous feature of everyday life in = migrant groups. The research area is still understudied, characterized = by rapid changes and shifts, and is shaped by the changing structural = conditions of migrants and the proliferation of forms of media. In this = article, I provide an overview of the developing research area through a = review of the existing literature on migration and the use of new media. = I elaborate the various aspects of the research field, the research = category, current themes and topics, theoretical and conceptual = discussions, and methodological approaches.

Best

Kerstin B Andersson

Dr. Kerstin B Andersson,=20 Dept of Linguistics and Philology, Uppsala University Swedish Council of Higher Education =C3=96stg=C3=B6tagatan 74, 3 tr, 116 64 Stockholm, Sweden Tel 073- 715 57 94 =20

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