International students and social exclusion in the age of social media
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6173734 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Xinyu Zhao (0000-0003-2703-2427, Deakin University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 163-175 |
| Publication date | 2017-04-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Transitions Journal of Transient Migration (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2397-7159 • E-ISSN: 2397-7140 |
| Publisher | Intellect (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1386/tjtm.1.2.163_1 |
| OpenAlex | W2605125033 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
This article considers the changing nature of international students’ lived experiences of disadvantage in Australia in the context of their daily practices of social media. Specifically, it first engages with the extant empirical research on social media practices in the migration context which points to the contingent impacts of digital technologies on migrants’ everyday lives. This body of literature suggests the possibility to probe into the lived experiences of migrants and their everyday strategies through a close examination of their activities around social media. Further, this article attends to studies in the Australian international student literature which highlights the interplays of digital technologies and international student agency. An analysis of the studies suggests how the students’ struggles with social exclusion are entangled with their everyday social media practices in a variety of ways. At the same time, the complex roles of social media problematize how we understand international students’ experiences in the host nation and how we could re-conceptualize ‘social exclusion’ and ‘social inclusion’. For that reason, this article calls for more nuanced approaches towards understanding international students’ lived experiences through the multiple ways international students integrate digital media technologies like social media into their everyday lives. Methodologically, digital ethnographic methods are discussed to facilitate such approaches in innovatively revealing the subtlety of international student mobilities and lived experiences in host societies
Agency (philosophy · Context (archaeology · Digital media · Disadvantage · Ethnography · Media studies · Political science · Social exclusion · Social media · Social science · Sociology · Structure and agency · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Global Education and Multiculturalism · International Student and Expatriate Challenges · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development
The Link between Social Wellbeing, Belonging, and Connectedness of International Students in Australian High Schools
International students and everyday multiculturalism
Social media among African students
Determining the social exclusion levels of international students from different regions using the Mairca and Topsis method
Cosmopolitanism in international education
Keeping calm and carrying on
Disconnective intimacies through social media
Media Comforts and International Student Mobility
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |