Transnational migrations in the Asia-Pacific : transformative experiences in the age of digital media /: transformative experiences in the age of digital media. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Catherine Gomes and Brenda S.A. Yeoh.
• Editors: Gomes, Catherine; Yeoh, Brenda S. A
• Contents: Cover; Transnational Migrations in the Asia-Pacific; Transnational Migrations in the Asia-Pacific: Transformative Experiences in the Age of Digital Media; Copyright page; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; THE NEW CHALLENGES DIGITAL MEDIA CREATES IN UNDERSTANDING THE TRANSNATIONAL MIGRATION EXPERIENCE; Chapter 1; Navigating Online Down Under; Not Just a Physical Journey; Definition of Digital Journeys; Internal Factors Driving Digital Journeys; External Factors That Impact on Digital Journeys; International Students in Australia The Digital Journeys of International Students in AustraliaFactors Impacting on the Digital Journeys of International Students; Conclusions: Implications for Practice; References; Chapter 2; Bridging Parental Expectations and Children's Aspirations; Technologically Mediated Communication and the Transnational Family; Emotion Work and the Transnational Family; Methodology; Findings and Discussion; Conclusion; Notes; References; NEW FORMS OF AGENCY FACILITATED BY DIGITAL MEDIA; Chapter 3; Fight Back through Facebook; Facebook Transforming Kinship Relations Facebook Transforming Women's Transgressive CommunicationFacebook and the Field Site; Three Non-Normative Mothers: Contending with Marginalisation; Mak Juni: Assertive Single Mum; Mak Lulu: Unperturbed and Unrepentant; Mak Arief: Righteous Muslim Woman Betrayed by Hypocrites; Venting and Garnering Support; Conclusion: Fighting Back; References; Chapter 4; Indian Migrants and Their Transnational Families; Communication in the Transnational Family and the Migration Experience; Studying Migration and Communication among Recent Indian Migrants to Australia; Money as a Medium of Communication The Experience of Migration and the Transnational FamilyConclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 5; A Sense of Belonging; Migration and Social Media; Latin American Migration and Communities in Australia; Methodology: A Case Study of 'Latin Stories Australia'; Findings and Discussion; The Use of Social Media as a Space to Facilitate a Sense of Belonging; The Use of Social Media as a Space of Agency; Conclusion; Notes; References; THE EXPERIENCES OF DIGITAL MEDIA TO ALTER RELATIONSHIPS IN THE TRANSNATIONAL MIGRATION EXPERIENCE; Chapter 6; Social Media and the Refugee Experience The Home Lands Project: An Innovative Approach to Positive Settlement ExperiencesInequalities of Access and the Challenges of Communicating Across Distance; Transformations of Online Sociality; Navigating Here and There, Past and Present; Discussion: The Transformative Impacts of Social Media; Conclusion; References; Chapter 7; Beyond Emoji Play; Researching Paralinguistics Ethnographically; Emojis, Stamps and the Politics of Affective Labour; Conclusion: Emotions at a Distance; References; Chapter 8; Migrant Mothers and Left-Behind Families
• Publisher Details: London : Rowman & Littlefield International
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 325.5; Political Science: Globalization; Political Science: Globalization; Social Science: Media Studies; Social Science: Minority Studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration; Social Science: Media Studies; Social Science: Minority Studies; Pacific Area -- Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781786605542; 1786605546
• Related ISBNs: 9781786605535; 1786605538
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed September 13, 2018).
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