TY - JOUR
T1 - Asylum-Related Migrants’ Social-Media Use, Mobility Decisions, and Resilience
AU - Merisalo, Maria
AU - Jauhiainen, Jussi S.
PY - 2020/6/30
Y1 - 2020/6/30
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Asylum
KW - migrant
KW - mobility
KW - refugee
KW - social media
KW - social networks
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85087562133&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/15562948.2020.1781991
DO - 10.1080/15562948.2020.1781991
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85087562133
JO - Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies
JF - Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies
SN - 1556-2948
ER -