Migration and New Media : Transnational Families and Polymedia.
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 texti...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken : Francis,
Taylor & amp ;
2011.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- MIGRATION AND NEW MEDIA Transnational families and polymedia; Copyright; CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 The Philippines and globalisation: migration, mothering and communications; 3 Why they go
- and why they stay; 4 Letters and cassettes; 5 The mothers' perspective; 6 The children's perspective; 7 The technology of relationships; 8 Polymedia; 9 A theory of mediated relationships; Appendix: a note on method; Notes; References; Index.