| Transnational Migrations in the Asia-Pacific: Transformative Experiences in the Age of Digital Media Contributor(s): Gomes, Catherine (Editor), Yeoh, Brenda S. a. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1786605538 ISBN-13: 9781786605535 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $151.47 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Political Science | Globalization - Social Science | Media Studies |
| Dewey: 304.809 |
| LCCN: 2018011842 |
| Series: Media, Culture and Communication in Asia-Pacific Societies |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 20.9" W x 9.1" (0.35 lbs) 248 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This edited collection interrogates the diversity of transnational migration experiences in the Asia-Pacific through the lens of digital ethnography in order to explore the transformative effects digital media plays in these experiences. While there has been work on the various ways in which internet communication technologies (ICTs) particularly mobile communication allows for various forms of connectivity between individuals and groups in this age of hyper (transnational) mobility, there is a scarcity on the way digital media presents challenges, creates agency and alters relationships within the broad umbrella of the transnational migration experience. The authors in this collection- who come from diverse disciplinary backgrounds across social, cultural, education and communication research - present cutting edge cross and trans disciplinary analyses of transnational migration where digital media becomes a creative, if not fundamental avenue, for migrants to develop new strategies for dealing with their cross-border mobilities. |
