Mobile communication and refugees: An analytical review of academic literature

A Alencar - Sociology Compass, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past decade, an expanding literature has explored the ways in which refugees rely
on mobile communication technologies to stay in touch with a wider community and to …

Digital resilience tactics of Syrian refugees in the Netherlands: Social media for social support, health, and identity

G Udwan, K Leurs, A Alencar - Social Media+ Society, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
The process of adjusting to a new country may carry important stressors for refugees. In the
light of neoliberal policies, refugees are expected to become resilient in a local arrival …

[HTML][HTML] Digital divides, the Internet and social media uses among Afghans in Iran

JS Jauhiainen, D Eyvazlu, J Junnila, A Virnes - Technology in Society, 2022 - Elsevier
The studies on forced migrants' digitally mediated communication and transnational
practices have not sufficiently addressed contexts in which migrants are imposed with strong …

Resilience, smartphone use and language among urban refugees in the Global south

G Netto, L Baillie, T Georgiou, L Wan Teng… - Journal of Ethnic and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The formidable challenges faced by urban refugees in the Global South have received
considerable attention, calling for new approaches to support their resilience. Although …

Social media and forced migration: The subversion and subjugation of political life

J Marlowe - Media and communication, 2019 - ssoar.info
As social media platforms and the associated communication technologies become
increasingly available, affordable and usable, these tools effectively enable forced migrants …

Rethinking transit zones: migrant trajectories and transnational networks in Techno-Borderscapes

M Godin, G Donà - Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This article examines the intersections between migrants' trajectories and digital
technologies by analysing the role of mobile digital devices in the everyday lives of migrants …

The politics and poetics of migrant narratives

K Leurs, I Agirreazkuenaga, K Smets… - European Journal of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Serving as the introduction to the special issue on 'Migrant narratives', this article proposes a
multi-perspectival and multi-stakeholder analysis of how migration is narrated in the media …

Digital divides among asylum‐related migrants: Comparing internet use and smartphone ownership

M Merisalo, JS Jauhiainen - Tijdschrift voor economische en …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This paper studies asylum‐related migrants' Internet use and smartphone ownership. In
total, 2,454 asylum‐related migrants originating from Africa, Asia, and the Middle East (37 …

Social support networks, instant messaging, and gender equity in refugee education

N Dahya, S Dryden-Peterson, D Douhaibi… - Information …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This paper addresses the role of instant messaging chat groups to support teacher training
and gender equity initiatives in Kenyan refugee camps. Our findings are based on survey …

Counter-mapping the techno-hype in migration research

M Tazzioli - Mobilities, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This paper deals with the techno-hype in migration research and argues that this latter
reproduces a state-gaze on migration and technology. It contends that instead of focusing …