ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|43 pages
Conceptual Perspectives of Migrants in Post-Modern Societies
chapter 3|13 pages
Frame Setting of Contestable Categories
part 2|41 pages
Gender and Generation Intertwining with Migrations
chapter 4|13 pages
Grandmothers, Girlfriends and Big Men
chapter 5|13 pages
Mobiles, Men and Migration
part 3|49 pages
Looking at the Migrations and Diasporas Through the Lens of the New Media
chapter 8|15 pages
Make Yourself at Home in www.cibervalle.com
part 4|49 pages
Religion, Mobility and Social Policies
chapter 12|15 pages
ICT Adoption by Immigrants and Ethnic Minorities in Europe
part 5|52 pages
A Case Study