Migration and New Media: Transnational Families and Polymedia

by Mirca Madianou and Daniel Miller

Book Overview

How do parents and children care for each other when they are separated because of migration? The way in which transnational families maintain long-distance relationships has been revolutionised by the emergence of new media such as email, instant messaging, social networking sites, webcam and texting. A migrant mother can now call and text her left-behind children several times a day, peruse social networking sites and leave the webcam for 12...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041567929X
• ISBN13: 9780415679299
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.2" x 9.1"