Digitizing Dharma: Computer-Mediated Mobilizations of Tibetan Buddhist Youth

Drissel, David

doi:10.18848/1447-9532/cgp/v08i05/39665

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“…Studies of this sort thereby fail to capture the larger scope as well as the characteristics of diaspora networks. Studies of websites such as Awate.com (Bernal 2013), Somalinet.com, TibetBoard (Brinkerhoff 2006(Brinkerhoff , 2012, as well as of a small set of MySpace pages and blogs (Drissel 2008) are illustrative of this methodological tendency. Like the e-Diaspora Atlas, the aim of this study is to expand the corpus and contribute methodologically and conceptually to the study of global diaspora politics online.…”

Section: The Online Dynamics Of Migration Flowsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Despite the proliferation of research examining how the internet enables fertile ground for the engagement of political activism and cross-border political relationships (Brinkerhoff 2009;Drissel 2008), members of the Somali diaspora appear far more concerned with social integration activities. Whilst Somalis are often found in marginalized positions, being underemployed and unable to utilize their job qualifications (Kleist 2008a), the empirical findings point towards a proactive attitude whereby individual achievement and integration are particularly rewarded.…”

Section: Web and Facebook Content Analysis Findingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Rethinking migration in the digital age: transglocalization and the Somali diaspora

Kok

Rogers

2016

Global Networks

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In this study, we examine the transnational networks of the Somali diaspora online. We explore the claims that the web signifies a shift towards a de‐territorialized, transnational diaspora, which constructs its identity and engagement around a transnational imagined community. Based on a network and web content analysis, we assert that the claims about the transnational as the territorial locus of identity and engagement should be revisited. The analysis shows that the Somali diaspora's engagement has a specific multi‐territorial topology through which information and resources are exchanged and a hybrid identity is constructed. Somalis' online engagement, however, is mainly directed towards community‐based practices and social integration in their host‐land, as opposed to transnational advocacy for the homeland. We argue that web data show a particular territorial arrangement and engagement, which we conceptualize as transglocalization, meaning local, networked formations existing alongside the national and transnational, each operating with awareness of the other yet acting separately. The study demonstrates that online network analysis offers promising approaches to diasporic social integration, policy‐making and issue advocacy.

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Section: The Online Dynamics Of Migration Flowsmentioning

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Section: Web and Facebook Content Analysis Findingsmentioning

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Rethinking migration in the digital age: transglocalization and the Somali diaspora

Kok

Rogers

2016

Global Networks

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“…The drawbacks of this methodological trend could be illustrated by the studies of Awate. com [Bernal, 2013], Somalinet.com, TibetBoard [Brinkerhoff, 2006[Brinkerhoff, , 2012, as well as a small number of MySpace pages and blogs [Drissel, 2008]. These studies cannot claim a large scope or a wide external validity of research.…”

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“…New ICT are also being studied in connection to cross-border political mobilization [Brinkerhoff, 2009], and with conflicts and civil wars [Brinkerhoff, 2006]. An example is the research on the Tibetan Buddhist youth's use of new media to build global networks and to construct the image of the Chinese government as an enemy [Drissel, 2008]. The same tools help to produce the structures of transnational communication between the Chinese diaspora and its mainland and to create a favorable image of the "new China" [Ding, 2007].…”

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Transnationalism Online: Exploring Migration Processes With Large Data Sets

Starikov

Ivanova²,

Nee³

2018

MONITORING OF PUBLIC OPINION

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The exponential growth of online technologies in everyday life transforms the very contours of social phenomena, processes, and institutions well known to sociologists. We discuss these transformations in two interrelated areas: transnational migration and extremism. First, the paper proposes an approach to examine «transnationalism online» as a sub-set of transnational migration studies. Second, it presents a critical review of how contemporary scholars study extremist activities and discourse of those who are involved in migration with a special focus on online manifestations of extremism. In a concluding part of the paper we present theoretical and methodological comments on the paths in examining the «dark side» of transnationalism online.

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Digital Religion

Helland¹

2016

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

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Digitizing Dharma: Computer-Mediated Mobilizations of Tibetan Buddhist Youth

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Rethinking migration in the digital age: transglocalization and the Somali diaspora

Rethinking migration in the digital age: transglocalization and the Somali diaspora

Transnationalism Online: Exploring Migration Processes With Large Data Sets

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