Migration, Diaspora and Information Technology in Global Societies (Routledge Research in Information Technology and Society) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415887097 ISBN 13: 9780415887090

Publisher: Routledge, 2011

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Leopoldina Fortunati is Professor of Sociology at the University of Udine.

Raul Pertierra teaches at the University of the Philippines and at the Ateneo de Manila University.

Jane Vincent joined the Digital World Research Centre at the University of Surrey as a Research Fellow in 2002 and has worked with them since 1998.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0415887097
• ISBN 13: 9780415887090
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 290
• Editor: Fortunati Leopoldina, Pertierra Raul, Vincent Jane