Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• BALDASSAR, LORETTA
• NEDELCU, MIHAELA
• MERLA, LAURA
• WILDING, RAELENE

Titel

ICT-based co-presence in transnational families and communities: challenging the premise of face-to-face proximity in sustaining relationships

Ist Teil von

• Global networks (Oxford), 2016-04, Vol.16 (2), p.133-144

Ort / Verlag

Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

Quelle

Wiley-Blackwell Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• It is now documented that the experience of migration has undergone a radical transformation in recent decades, notably with the emergence of transnational modes of sociality in both families and communities. The processes of migration have always challenged the taken-for-granted assumption that physical proximity is necessary for the maintenance of significant social ties. Now, more than ever before, the proliferation of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and new media environments has begun to challenge the premise that strong relationships require face-to-face interactions. Even more than affordable travel, it is the expansion and enhancement of technologies of communication such as the internet, smartphones and social media that have contributed to the recent, startling emergence of a new social environment of ubiquitous connectivity.