Is There a Home in Cyberspace?: The Internet in Migrants' Everyday Life and the Emergence of Global Communities

Author:   Heike Mónika Greschke
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Volume:   14
ISBN:  

9780415893121


Pages:   248
Publication Date:   29 May 2012
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Heike Mónika Greschke
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Volume:   14
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.650kg
ISBN:  

9780415893121


ISBN 10:   0415893127
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   29 May 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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"Part A: Migration – Media – Everyday Life 1. Introduction 2. The Tragedy of Ycua Bolaños – Ethnographic Prelude 3. The Making of Globality in Migrants’ Mediatized Everyday Lives 4. WWW.Cibervalle.com—A Global Lifeworld ‘à lo Paraguayo’ 5. Methodological Challenges and Book Structure Part B: Hopping-On – Hopping-Off: The Art of Positioning Ethnography in Global Landscapes 6. Ethnographers on Their Way to World Society 7. Multi-Sited Ethnography – A Methodology for the Mediatized Global Society? 8. Developments in Internet Research (and) Cultures 9. A Tailor-Made Research Design for Cibervalle Part C: Social Landscapes of Cibervalle 10. Paraguay: A (Hi)story of Migration 11. Where and with Whom to Drink Terere: Cibervalle ‘Multi-Sited’ Part D: Cibervalle’s Communicative Architecture 12. How to Analyze Computer-Mediated Sociality 13. Structure and Techno-Social Evolution of the Cibervalle Forum 14. Global Togetherness in Cibervalle 15. ""Now the World Is Watching You!"" – How Cibervallers Once Became ‘Global Players’. Final Remarks"

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Heike Monika Greschke is a researcher at the University of Bielefeld.

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