Asylum-Related Migrants’ Social-Media Use, Mobility Decisions, and Resilience

Maria Merisalo; Jussi S. Jauhiainen

doi:10.1080/15562948.2020.1781991

Asylum-Related Migrants’ Social-Media Use, Mobility Decisions, and Resilience

Maria Merisalo^*, Jussi S. Jauhiainen

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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
Pages (from-to)	184-198
Journal	Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies
Volume	19
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/15562948.2020.1781991
Publication status	Published - 2021
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

Asylum
migrant
mobility
refugee
social media
social networks

UN SDGs

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