Transnational migrations in the Asia-Pacific : transformative experiences in the age of digital media / / edited by Catherine Gomes and Brenda S. A. Yeoh

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Rowman & Littlefield International, , [2018]; ©2018
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (243 pages)
• Disciplina: 006.7
• Soggetto topico: Digital media
• Soggetto geografico: Southeast Asia Emigration and immigration Social aspects; Pacific Area Emigration and immigration Social aspects
• Persona (resp. second.): GomesCatherine Jean; YeohBrenda S. A.
• Nota di contenuto: Navigating online down under : international students' digital journeys in Australia / Shanton Chang, Catherine Gomes and Fran Martin -- Bridging parental expectations and children's aspirations : creative strategies in migrant students' mediated communication with their left-behind families / Becky Pham and Sun Sun Lim -- Fight back through Facebook : retaliating against local gossip and creating new identities / Monika Winarnita and Nicholas Herriman -- Indian migrants and their transnational families : communication across time and borders / Supriya Singh -- A sense of belonging : social media use of Latin American migrants in Australia / Glenda Mejía, Trinidad Espinosa Abascal and Val Colic-Peisker -- Social media and the refugee experience : young people negotiating displacement in an age of connectivity / Raelene Wilding and Sandra Gifford -- Beyond emoji play : paralinguistics and intergenerational care-at-distance / Larissa Hjorth, Sarah Pink, Heather Horst, Jolynna Sinanan, Kana Ohashi, Fumi Kato and Baohua Zhou -- Migrant mothers and left-behind families : the rituals of communication and the reconstitution of familyhood across transnational space and time / Kristel A. Acedera, Brenda S.A. Yeoh and Maruja M.B. Asis -- Perth calling : media, mobility and imaginaries / Susan Leong.
• Sommario/riassunto: "This book uses digital ethnography to study critically the impact of digital media on transnational migrations, using case studies on diverse topics including transient migrants, gender and religion, ethnic migrants, refugees, intergenerational relationships, and transnational relationships across the borders of space and time"--
• Titolo autorizzato: Transnational migrations in the Asia-Pacific
• ISBN: 1-78660-554-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811564403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II