Overview
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. 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.
- | Author: Leopoldina Fortunati
- | Publisher: Routledge
- | Publication Date: Dec 21, 2011
- | Number of Pages: 290 pages
- | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
- | ISBN-10: 0415887097
- | ISBN-13: 9780415887090
