Description
| Product ID: | 9781529706529 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Digital Migration |
| Authors: | Author: Koen Leurs |
| Page Count: | 240 |
| Subjects: | Media studies, Media studies, Refugees and political asylum, Migration, immigration and emigration, Digital Lifestyle and online world: consumer and user guides, Refugees & political asylum, Migration, immigration & emigration, Digital lifestyle |
| Description: | A comprehensive and impassioned account of the relationship between digital technology and migration. From ‘top-down’ governmental and corporate shaping of the migrant condition, to the ‘bottom-up’ of digital practices helping migrants connect, engage and resist. “A revelation for digital researchers and a provocation for migration scholars… It introduces an insightful, inspiring, and inviting way of making sense of the messiness without losing hope of changing things.” - Nishant Shah, Chinese University of Hong Kong “A must read for everyone who is concerned with questions of human mobility, media and communications and the digital border.” - Myria Georgiou, LSE “A much-needed addition to scholarship on mobility, technology, and migration… The book is poised to become a touchstone text.” - C.L. Quinan University of Melbourne In contemporary discussions on migration, digital technology is often seen as a ''smart'' disruptive tool. Bringing efficiencies to management, and safety to migrants. But the reality is always more complex. This book is a comprehensive and impassioned account of the relationship between digital technology and migration. From ''top-down'' governmental and corporate shaping of the migrant condition, to the ''bottom-up'' of digital practices helping migrants connect, engage and resist. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, Digital Migration explores:
Koen Leurs is an Associate Professor in Gender, Media and Migration Studies at the Graduate Gender Program, Department of Media and Culture, Utrecht University, the Netherlands. All author royalties for this book will be donated to the Alarm Phone, a hotline for boatpeople in distress. |
| Imprint Name: | Sage Publications Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Sage Publications Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-05-29 |
