Abstract
The article examines asylum-related migrants’ social-media use along their asylum journeys. In total, 2,454 migrants from 37 countries answered a semistructured survey conducted in Jordan; Turkey; Iran; and in the European “hotspots,” Lesvos, Greece, and Lampedusa, Italy. Of the respondents, 83% used at least one social-media service in their current locations, 55% acknowledged that social media makes their asylum-related life easier, and 51% responded that social media helped them decide where to move to in Europe. Migrants’ socioeconomic and demographic differences, social capital, and future views explain their social-media use in relation to their mobility decisions and resilience.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 184-198 |
| Journal | Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2021 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Funding
The main funding agency of this research is Strategic Research Council at the Academy of Finland (Grant No. 303617).
Keywords
- Asylum
- migrant
- mobility
- refugee
- social media
- social networks
