TY - JOUR
T1 - Migrants and their smartphones
T2 - interlaced mobilities online and offline
AU - Zani, Beatrice
AU - Cockel, Isabelle
PY - 2022/12/1
Y1 - 2022/12/1
N2 - The increasing symbiosis between contemporary mobility and global Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has been widely recognized in both migration and media studies. 1 Advanced media technology, including smartphones, facilitates information exchange and instantaneous communication. 2 The pervasive use of smartphones is an everyday reality for migrants; their activities are increasingly taking place online and in real time. 3 The use of smartphones by migrants and their families illustrates the different scales of modern mobility within structural socioeconomic and political orders. 4 Smartphones, and those applications downloaded to the device, enhance connectivity 5 with regard to transaction, entertainment, socialization, networking, and activism. They help with community building and boost a sense of belonging among people who are connected via various applications.
AB - The increasing symbiosis between contemporary mobility and global Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has been widely recognized in both migration and media studies. 1 Advanced media technology, including smartphones, facilitates information exchange and instantaneous communication. 2 The pervasive use of smartphones is an everyday reality for migrants; their activities are increasingly taking place online and in real time. 3 The use of smartphones by migrants and their families illustrates the different scales of modern mobility within structural socioeconomic and political orders. 4 Smartphones, and those applications downloaded to the device, enhance connectivity 5 with regard to transaction, entertainment, socialization, networking, and activism. They help with community building and boost a sense of belonging among people who are connected via various applications.
U2 - 10.3167/TRANS.2022.120302
DO - 10.3167/TRANS.2022.120302
M3 - Article
SN - 2045-4813
VL - 12
SP - 3
EP - 7
JO - Transfers: Interdisciplinary Journal of Mobility Studies
JF - Transfers: Interdisciplinary Journal of Mobility Studies
IS - 3
ER -