New ties, old ties and lost ties
The use of the internet in diaspora
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12656136 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Harry H Hiller (0000-0002-6261-9277, corresponding author), Tara M Franz (University of Calgary) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 731-752 |
| Publication date | 2004-11-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Media & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1461-4448 • E-ISSN: 1461-7315 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/146144804044327 |
| OpenAlex | W2125637422 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 103 |
| References cited | 48 |
The computer represents a new resource in developing social capital that previously did not exist among migrants. The relationship between physical space and cyberspace is discussed using the experience of migrants from Newfoundland who, although dispersed from their homeland, use the computer to maintain ties with both their homeland and others in diaspora. Three phases in the migration cycle are identified (pre-migrant, post-migrant, settled migrant) and four categories of computer usage are linked to each phase. Three types of online relationships can be identified among diasporic peoples that result in developing new ties, nourishing old ties and rediscovering lost ties. The processes of verification, telepresence, hyperreality and attribution are discovered and illustrated from online data and interviews which indicate how computermediated communication is related to both social networking and identity among migrants
Cyberspace · Diaspora · Homeland · Identity (music · Immigration · Internet users · Interpersonal ties · Political science · Social capital · Social science · Sociology · Strong ties · The Internet · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Digital Communication and Language · Gender Studies · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Law · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology
Construyendo sentido sobre Internet en el espacio de la diáspora
Beyond the Presumption of Identity? Ethnicities, Cultures, and Transnational Audiences
Audiences, Media
Social media and migration
Tracking Friendship Across Space and Time
The coping strategies of Hmen left behindH in the migration process in Ghana
Nowe media a rekonstrukcja kapitału społecznego migrantów ukraińskich na polskim rynku pracy
Marriage migrants’ use of social media
El uso de redes sociales en migrantes Colombianos en Chile
The Uses and Gratifications of Language in Social Media among the Indian Subcontinental Diaspora in the U.S
Simmel in Cyberspace
Net and Jet
Don't Touch That Dial
Polish Migrant Labor in the Hospitality Workforce
New Media Communities
Latvijas emigrantu kopienas
“When Social Media are Your Sole Life Jacket”
Introduction
In transit
Les diasporas à l'heure des technologies de l'information et de la communication
From telephones in rural Oaxaca to mobile phones among Mixtec farm workers in Oxnard, California
Performing identity online
I am More Chinese than You
Time trends in associations between neighbourhood and school characteristics and mental health problems among Dutch adolescents
Re-feminization” of dependent women migrants
Rethinking Transnationalism
Death of a king
Crossing the gain line
A Bridge Across the Bosphorus
Use of Social Networking Services among Slovenes around the World
Migracijski proces v omrežni družbi
The Less Extreme, the More You Leave
Diasporic Music in Transition
Emerging communities, emerging media
Community music, identity and belonging among Dutchies in Australia
From Macrostructural Forces to Social Connectedness
The geographies of difference in conflating digital and offline spaces of encounter
Does the Internet encourage people to move? Investigating Swedish young adults’ internal migration experiences and plans
The evolution of migration trajectories of sub-Saharan African migrants in Turkey and Greece
The association between internet use on depression among rural-to-urban migrants
Out of Sight, In Mind
Transnational Imagination and Social Practices
Examining How Newcomer Women to Canada Use Social Media for Social Support
Technology mediated care as infrastructure
Exploring the use of WeChat for qualitative social research
Imperfect strangers
Information Sharing and Decision-Making
The Best of Both Worlds? Online Ties and the Alternating Use of Social Network Sites in the Context of Migration
The role of shared ethnicity in facilitating stepwise migration of educated and skilled individuals
Finding the third space in digital diaspora in the narration of Leila Aboulela’s Bird Summons (2019)
Weaving Webs of Faith
Violence, Memory, and the Dynamics of Transnational Youth Formations
Virtual Practices and Migration Plans
What if Networks Move? Dynamic Social Network ing in the Context of African Migration to Europe
Environment as a Multifaceted Migration Motive
Analysing the effects of residential mobility behaviours on the composition of personal network in Switzerland
The Use of Online Media in Migration Networks
Intensive Transnationalism amongst J apanese Migrants after the G reat E ast J apan Earthquake
A N ewfoundland Ethnicity? The Political Implications of Post‐Confederation Nationalism in N ewfoundland
Re-examining the Transnational Nanny
Of mobile phones and mother-fathers
Chinese-language Cyberspace, homeland media and ethnic media
In search of employment
Migrant networks, language learning and tourism employment
Digital diasporas' challenge to traditional power
The Role of Social Media Content in Migration Aspirations
How Social Capital is Related to Migration Between Communities
Bridging bonds
Migrant relationships and tourism employment
Diaspora Identity and a New Generation
The Internet and Desire to Move
Evolution of migration trajectories and transnational social networks over time
Me, pet, and robot
Understanding government social media users’ role in disseminating misinformation
Ethnicity, Social Capital and the Internet
Digital Communication Tools for Fostering Career Advancement and Sustaining Interpersonal Relationships
New media, social capital and transnational migration
Young Turks and New Media
Experiencing 'moments of home' through diaspora tourism and travel
Social media, youth (im)mobilities, and the risks of connectivity in urban Somaliland
Confined Offline, Traversing Online Palestinian Mobility through the Prism of the Internet
I Want to Leave Slovenia for a Sunny, Relaxed and Open Australia
The ties that bind
How social media transform migrant networks and facilitate migration
The Internetization of International Migration
Multilingualism, diaspora, and the Internet
Interethnic Contact Online
Structuring Migrants' Political Activities on the Internet
Much more than airtime
Salvadoran Transnational Families
Online communities as points of observation of the transnational migrant career
Migration and Diaspora in the Age of Information and Communication Technologies
Children of the "Idea of Palestine"1
Keep calm and apply to Germany
The Migration Industry and Civil Society
Changes in Haredi Education in Israel
Roots, Routes, and Routers
Corps, identités et technologies « par les nombres » dans l'imaginaire migratoire
Introduction
Beyond Entertainment
What will be
Away
Citizenship and Migration
The Age of Migration
America Calling
Bowling alone
No sense of peace
In Place/Out of Place
Communities in Cyberspace
Identity and deception in the virtual community
The Age of Migration
The Age of Migration
Internet Communication and Qualitative Research
Global diasporas
Networks in the Global Village
Diasporic web sites
Marginal Voices in Cyberspace
At the Heart of It All
Studying Online Social Networks
Virtual Communities and Social Capital
The Challenge of Oil
Paradigms in migration research
Face-to-Face and Computer-Mediated Communities, A Comparative Analysis
The Creation of Regional Dependency
Cyberghetto or Cybertopia? Race, Class, and Gender on the Internet
Computer-Mediated Communication Systems
The volume and dynamics of international migration and transnational social spaces
Family and Personal Networks in International Migration
Defining Virtual Reality
Physical Place and Cyberplace
Diasporas in Modern Societies
Netting Scholars
Netville Online and Offline
Does the Internet Increase, Decrease, or Supplement Social Capital
Place and Belonging in America
The Internet
Social Implications of the Internet
A Space for Place in Sociology
Computer Networks as Social Networks
Group and Interpersonal Effects in International Computer-Mediated Collaboration
The Strength of Weak Ties
Dependence and independence
| Unique citing works | 103 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 5,15 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2026 (21) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 102 |