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Information and communication technologies enable migrants to maintain bonds with multiple communities. Little is known about the association between migrants’ connections to their country of origin and different integration practices in online and offline communities in the receiving society. We draw on a survey conducted amongst migrants in Icela...
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... background variables included were gender, age, world region of origin, time of residence in Iceland, intended time of residence in Iceland, and level of education (see Table 1). We included standard demographic questions in order to gain insight into how factors such as gender, age, and geographic and educational background are associated with media use and to be able to differentiate between different groups of migrants. ...Context 2
... the multiple comparisons in the regression analyses, we divided the alpha level of .05 by the number of comparisons being made and therefore report only on significance below the relevant threshold. Tables 1-3 provide descriptive statistics for the following background variables: use of media and social media, and integration in the receiving society. Almost half of all respondents (49%) reported connecting with people from their country of origin on social media daily or almost daily. ...Citations
... Another equally noticeable contrast between immigrants and locals, if not more, lies in how people derive takeaways from news reading. Previous research on news consumption has suggested some potential differences in this regard (e.g., [5,28,50,61,69,72,114,140,142]). For instance, Yang et al. [140] surveyed 84 Chinese internationals living in the Midwestern United States. ...
... Another equally noticeable contrast between immigrants and locals, if not more, lies in how people derive takeaways from news reading. Previous research on news consumption has suggested some potential differences in this regard (e.g., [5,28,50,61,69,72,114,140,142]). For instance, Yang et al. [140] surveyed 84 Chinese internationals living in the Midwestern United States. ...
News reading helps individuals stay informed about events and developments in society. Local residents and new immigrants often approach the same news differently, prompting the question of how technology, such as LLM-powered chatbots, can best enhance a reader-oriented news experience. The current paper presents an empirical study involving 144 participants from three groups in Virginia, United States: local residents born and raised there (N=48), Chinese immigrants (N=48), and Vietnamese immigrants (N=48). All participants read local housing news with the assistance of the Copilot chatbot. We collected data on each participant's Q&A interactions with the chatbot, along with their takeaways from news reading. While engaging with the news content, participants in both immigrant groups asked the chatbot fewer analytical questions than the local group. They also demonstrated a greater tendency to rely on the chatbot when formulating practical takeaways. These findings offer insights into technology design that aims to serve diverse news readers.
... This strand of research predominantly focuses on the perspectives of mobile family member(s) residing abroad (e.g. Antonijević, 2013;Cruz, 2018;Duplan, 2023;Hoffmann et al., 2022;De Winter & Valk, 2018;Wojtyńska & Skaptadóttir, 2020). To a lesser extent, researchers examine these families from the viewpoint of individuals living in their country of origin who have family members abroad (e.g. ...
In an increasingly globalized, digital world, the way family is
conceptualized and practiced is becoming highly diversified and
complex. This article investigates the evolving concept of
transnational families (TNFs) and aims to elucidate the similarities
and differences in how ‘transnational’ and ‘family’ are understood
in the academic literature across various contexts. The study is
based on an analysis of academic publications on TNF from 2003
to 2023, conducted by a multidisciplinary and multilingual team
across several small and medium-sized European countries (both
EU and non-EU) with diverse migration histories, family policies
and family norms. The analysis reveals varying levels of interest in
TNFs and diverse thematic focuses across different contexts over
time. It identifies two distinct approaches to conceptualizing TNFs
and notes that research continues to primarily focus on dyadic
relationships, rarely delving into complex familial networks or
addressing non-heteronormative family forms. This highlights the
need to further reflect on the ways that globalization and
superdiversity are (re)shaping traditional concepts of family and
home across different contexts.
... The current trend for research in communication and migration also provides a series of studies in information and communication technologies, especially in the way new residents perceive and use information and communication technologies. The role of information and communication technologies and their influence on the integration practices of migrants has been examined by numerous authors (Chib & Aricat, 2016;Hoffmann et al., 2022;Kuneva & Hough, 2023;Sabaté-Dalmau, 2023;Widera, 2021), and a few of them also noticed the negative effects of those technologies (Awad & Tossell, 2021). Holmes and Janson (2008) noted that in political circles the question was raised as to whether migrants' needs regarding information and communication technologies as a means to facilitate communication within the receiving culture are being met: a kind of communication which implies integration. ...
The changes in migration flows in Europe have challenged not only those countries which have received a large influx of new residents, but also countries which had less experience of this in practice. One of the reasons is related to the fact that welcoming is followed by an integration process into different spheres of social life. Therefore, this research focuses on migrants’ integration into the host countries’ legal environment, particularly with respect to acquiring legal information. The study aims to answer what are the internal and external factors that contribute to new residents’ experience in acquiring knowledge in the host country’s legal environment. The results are based on analyses of the experiences of Ukrainian immigrants living in Lithuania and in Spain, focusing on the research subtopics: a) What are the conceptual challenges faced by new residents while integrating into the linguistic space of legal relations? (b) What are Ukrainians’ experiences in obtaining legal information in Lithuania and Spain? and c) What are the observed patterns for the dissemination of legal information? The analysis reveals that new residents face systemic and personal obstacles in accessing and applying information about the legal framework of the host country. Ukrainian citizens residing in both Lithuania and Spain face difficulties in obtaining information on legalities, although the challenges they face are not identical, due to the different institutional characteristics of the countries. The study shows that it is not the institutions, but rather an inner circle of informal contacts, that help obtain, verify and share knowledge about legal regulations.
... However, the association between social media use and migrants' life satisfaction remains debatable. While some studies found no significant association (Hoffmann et al., 2022), others reported a positive or negative relationship (Guo et al., 2014;Jun et al., 2021). Given the escalating role of social media in migrants' daily lives, it becomes imperative to scrutinize this correlation. ...
... Acculturation and social networking sites. Information and communication technology has been used by different communities in foreign cultures to aid in the process of acculturation and cultural adaptation (Hoffmann et al. 2022;Pang 2020). Given the popularity and prevalence of social media, such as WhatsApp, Facebook, WeChat, YouTube, Imo, Instagram and LinkedIn, individuals can now expand their social networks and can connect to ideas and information that were previously inaccessible to them in host countries (Choudhary et al. 2019;Hossain 2019;Zaw 2018). ...
With the growing number of individuals seeking to improve their living conditions abroad, social networking sites are becoming indispensable to their daily existence for acculturation. However, the nature of the contribution of social networking sites in fulfilling migrants’ acculturation needs remains unclear and inadequately addressed in literature. This scoping review aims to synthesise the current literature examining the role of social networking sites in meeting migrants’ acculturation needs. Following the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Methodological Guidelines and the most recent modifications to the PRISMA-ScR framework, this study synthesised 48 empirical articles published between 2019 and 2023. An automated search was conducted using multiple database platforms (Web of Science, ScienceDirect, Scopus, Google Scholar and ABDC’s Journal Ranking) with sorted results using a variety of search term combinations. The synthesis of the past studies found five common acculturation needs, namely, the cognitive, social integration, personal integration, affective and tension release needs that migrants have sought and obtained from social networking sites. All of these needs are included in the uses and gratifications theory as media consumption needs. Among the identified needs, social integration and cognitive ones are the most crucial for international students, migrant workers, immigrants, refugees and other categories of migrants to overcome the difficulties that they face in the host society and to maintain connections with the ethnic community. Nevertheless, the utilisation of social networking sites to fulfil those needs differs because of various socio-demographic and psychological determinants. Many of the studies focused on identifying needs associated with integration, thus neglecting those associated with other acculturation strategies, such as separation, marginalisation and assimilation. Mismatches and inconsistencies in the acculturation requirements that migrants obtain or seek from social network sites have also not been investigated in empirical studies. Therefore, this area is potentially viable and is likely to be the subject of subsequent research. The results of the current study are useful for formulating government policies and for recruiting agencies, rights activists, social workers and administrators who are working for migrant populations.
... Di mana ruang virtual yang berkembang saat ini merupakan bentuk komunikasi pollitik dalam menyampaikan visi, program bahkan persoalan demokrasi sekaligus, sehingga pada akhirnya pada soslusi dialog yang nantinya menjadi jembatan intergasi untuk menumbuh-kembangkan budaya demokrasi lokal yang lebih baik. Inovasi demokrasi virtual pada akhirnya akan menjadi upaya peningkatan kapasitas warga negara dalam beradaptasi terhadap pergerakan sosial (Hoffmann, 2022;Lin, 2022;Dowling, 2022;Alelaimat et al., 2020;Supriadi, 2020;Zuninga & Chen, 2019, Waluyo, 2019 ...
The use of public opinion space through the digitalization of virtual democracy has been widely relied on by political parties in conducting political marekting and political communication, especially online-based campaigns. This study aims to find out how political parties' efforts in utilizing virtual democracies in increasing the quantity of potential voters. Descriptive qualitative research method to examine certain events as a new phenomenon in order to answer precisely about the object being observed, assessed and intervened in a complex multi-component using secondary data and literature studies. The results showed that the practices for running a digital democracy are no longer conventional, but through digital media and virtual political spaces. So that digital democracy shows the central position and role of digital parties in Indonesia. The use of virtual democracy provides a strong potential by seeing the large number of people who have begun to participate in online social media, so that virtual democracy feels great benefits as a new channel in the public opinion space to find political news, discuss, organize and to mobilize supporters of one of the political parties it likes
