Migration and new media : transnational families and polymedia
Mirca Madianou and Daniel Miller
Bok Engelsk 2012 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | London : Routledge , 2012
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| Omfang | VII, 175 s. : tab.
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - MIGRATION AND NEW MEDIA Transnational families and polymedia; Copyright; CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 The Philippines and globalisation: migration, mothering and communications; 3 Why they go - and why they stay; 4 Letters and cassettes; 5 The mothers' perspective; 6 The children's perspective; 7 The technology of relationships; 8 Polymedia; 9 A theory of mediated relationships; Appendix: a note on method; Notes; References; Index. - How do parents and children care for each other when they are separated because of migration? The way in which transnational families maintain long-distance relationships has been revolutionised by the emergence of new media such as email, instant messaging, social networking sites, webcam and texting. A migrant mother can now call and text her left-behind children several times a day, peruse social networking sites and leave the webcam for 12 hours achieving a sense of co-presence. Drawing on a long-term ethnographic study of prolonged separation between migrant mothers and t
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| Emner | Children of foreign workers - Family relationships - Philippines
Communication in families - Social aspects - Technological innovations - Philippines Communication, International - Philippines Foreign workers, Filipino - Family relationships - Great Britain Vis mer... Interpersonal communication - Technological innovations - Social aspects - Philippines
Women foreign workers - Family relationships - Great Britain Communication in families -- Philippines. Communication, International -- Technological innovations -- Social aspects -- Philippines. Foreign workers, Philippine -- Family relationships -- Great Britain. Arbeidsmigrasjon Barn Business & Economics Digitale medier E-post Etnografi Filippinene Kvinner Labor & Workers' Economics Migranter Migrasjon Sosiale medier Sosiale relasjoner Storbritannia Tekstmeldinger fremmedarbeidere filippinene kvinnelige arbeidere |
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| ISBN | 9780415679282. - 9780415679299
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