Migration Diaspora and Information Technology in Global Societies

<p>Migrants and diaspora communities are shaped by their use of information and communication technologies. This book explores the multifaceted role played by new media in the re-location of these groups of people assisting them in their efforts to defeat nostalgia construct new communities and keep connected with their communities of origin. Drawing on contributions from a range of disciplines including sociology anthropology psychology and linguistics it offers a more profound understanding of one of the most significant phenomena of contemporary international societies - the migration of nearly a billion people worldwide - and the relationship between technology and society.</p>