The Role of Mobile Apps in Transnational Family Connections and Emotions from the Perspective of Mexican Migrants in Australia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3611965 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mónica Laura Vázquez Maggio (0000-0002-0694-2045, School of Economics, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico, corresponding author), Glenda Mejía (0000-0003-2913-3854, Global and Language Studies, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (RMIT), Melbourne, Australia) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 367-383 |
| Publication date | 2023-05-04 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Intercultural Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0725-6868 • E-ISSN: 1469-9540 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07256868.2023.2208527 |
| OpenAlex | W4376508820 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 42 |
Digital technologies and mobile apps provide migrants connectivity that helps alleviate the distressing experience of being separated from their families, as they endeavour to integrate socially and culturally into a new nation. In this article, we highlight the role played by communications technologies in maintaining family ties and emotional support transnationally among middle-class individuals. Building on the notions of transnational families, social media research and emotions, we examine the particularities with which migrant family members stay in touch across borders. In this context, emotions arise from the heartache experienced due to the separation from family. Drawing from qualitative data collected in 2010–2011 and in 2021 among middle-class Mexicans living in Australia, we show how digital communications are used to connect with the homeland and analyse the emotions associated with being separated from family. Given the middle-class status and aspirations of these migrants, it is noteworthy to highlight the relevance they attribute to kin in the homeland and contact with them. Existing research about Mexican im/migrants in Australia is limited. This study contributes to the growing body of research on the intersection of transnational family life, emotions arising from mobility, and digital media use
Geography · Globalization · Homeland · Middle class · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
Mobility Patterns and Experiences of the Middle Classes in a Globalizing Age
Migration, Aging, and Digital Kinning
Guilty feelings and the guilt trip
Social media and migration
Prenatal Care Use Among Women of Low Income
Engendering Migration Studies
(Im)mobile Homes
Beyond Borders
Transnational Families, Migration and the Circulation of Care
Families Caring Across Borders
Nations Unbound
Emotions on the move
Transnational Families and the Provision of Moral and Emotional Support
Mexican Immigration to the United States
We’re not only here but we’re there in spirit”
Telecocooning in the age of (im)mobility
Making digital ‘home-camps’
Migrancy and digital mediations of emotion
Cook it, eat it, Skype it
Transnational families, ICTs and mobile learning
Conceptualizing Simultaneity
Home on the move
Imaginary friends
Mexican Migration and the U.S. Economic Crisis
Undocumented Lives
Without technology we'd be very stuck
Feeling Their Stories
Ambient co-presence
Doing family' through ICT-mediatedordinary co-presence
The blessings and burdens of communication
What's New About Transnationalism
On the Move
Missing Kin and Longing to be Together
From Immigrant to Transmigrant
Governance of indigenous policy in the neo-liberal age
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |