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).
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
Keywords
- Asylum
- migrant
- mobility
- refugee
- social media
- social networks
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