Migration and community in an age of digital connectivity: A survey of media use and integration amongst migrants in Iceland
Abstract Information and communication technologies enable migrants to maintain bonds with multiple communities. Little is known about the association between migrants’ connections to their country of origin and different integration practices in online and offline communities in the receiving socie...
Published in: | Nordicom Review |
---|---|
Main Authors: | , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
2022
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/nor-2022-0002 https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/nor-2022-0002 |
id |
crdegruyter:10.2478/nor-2022-0002 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
crdegruyter:10.2478/nor-2022-0002 2024-05-19T07:42:38+00:00 Migration and community in an age of digital connectivity: A survey of media use and integration amongst migrants in Iceland Hoffmann, Lara Jónsson, Þorlákur Axel Meckl, Markus 2022 http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/nor-2022-0002 https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/nor-2022-0002 en eng Walter de Gruyter GmbH http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 Nordicom Review volume 43, issue 1, page 19-37 ISSN 2001-5119 journal-article 2022 crdegruyter https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2022-0002 2024-05-02T06:51:36Z Abstract Information and communication technologies enable migrants to maintain bonds with multiple communities. Little is known about the association between migrants’ connections to their country of origin and different integration practices in online and offline communities in the receiving society. We draw on a survey conducted amongst migrants in Iceland ( N = 2,139) and conduct three regression analyses to identify determinants of migrants’ use of media and social media from their country of origin. Contrary to other studies, we do not find evidence of reactive transnationalism (i.e., migrants seeking out connections to their places of origin due to dissatisfaction with life in the receiving society) as a response to negative attitudes towards the receiving society. We identify distinct patterns of online and offline integration: Migrants with frequent contact with their countries of origin are less integrated locally in terms of offline activities. However, they are more integrated in digital communities of the receiving society, and use receiving-country media more frequently, thus following a strategy of digital biculturalism. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland De Gruyter Nordicom Review 43 1 19 37 |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
De Gruyter |
op_collection_id |
crdegruyter |
language |
English |
description |
Abstract Information and communication technologies enable migrants to maintain bonds with multiple communities. Little is known about the association between migrants’ connections to their country of origin and different integration practices in online and offline communities in the receiving society. We draw on a survey conducted amongst migrants in Iceland ( N = 2,139) and conduct three regression analyses to identify determinants of migrants’ use of media and social media from their country of origin. Contrary to other studies, we do not find evidence of reactive transnationalism (i.e., migrants seeking out connections to their places of origin due to dissatisfaction with life in the receiving society) as a response to negative attitudes towards the receiving society. We identify distinct patterns of online and offline integration: Migrants with frequent contact with their countries of origin are less integrated locally in terms of offline activities. However, they are more integrated in digital communities of the receiving society, and use receiving-country media more frequently, thus following a strategy of digital biculturalism. |
format |
Article in Journal/Newspaper |
author |
Hoffmann, Lara Jónsson, Þorlákur Axel Meckl, Markus |
spellingShingle |
Hoffmann, Lara Jónsson, Þorlákur Axel Meckl, Markus Migration and community in an age of digital connectivity: A survey of media use and integration amongst migrants in Iceland |
author_facet |
Hoffmann, Lara Jónsson, Þorlákur Axel Meckl, Markus |
author_sort |
Hoffmann, Lara |
title |
Migration and community in an age of digital connectivity: A survey of media use and integration amongst migrants in Iceland |
title_short |
Migration and community in an age of digital connectivity: A survey of media use and integration amongst migrants in Iceland |
title_full |
Migration and community in an age of digital connectivity: A survey of media use and integration amongst migrants in Iceland |
title_fullStr |
Migration and community in an age of digital connectivity: A survey of media use and integration amongst migrants in Iceland |
title_full_unstemmed |
Migration and community in an age of digital connectivity: A survey of media use and integration amongst migrants in Iceland |
title_sort |
migration and community in an age of digital connectivity: a survey of media use and integration amongst migrants in iceland |
publisher |
Walter de Gruyter GmbH |
publishDate |
2022 |
url |
http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/nor-2022-0002 https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/nor-2022-0002 |
genre |
Iceland |
genre_facet |
Iceland |
op_source |
Nordicom Review volume 43, issue 1, page 19-37 ISSN 2001-5119 |
op_rights |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2022-0002 |
container_title |
Nordicom Review |
container_volume |
43 |
container_issue |
1 |
container_start_page |
19 |
op_container_end_page |
37 |
_version_ |
1799482327635591168 |