A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Internet and social media uses, digital divides, and digitally mediated transnationalism in forced migration: Syrians in Turkey
Authors: Jauhiainen Jussi S., Özçürümez Saime, Tursun Özgün
Publisher: WILEY
Publication year: 2022
Journal: Global Networks
Journal name in source: GLOBAL NETWORKS-A JOURNAL OF TRANSNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Journal acronym: GLOBAL NETW
Volume: 22
Issue: 2
First page : 197
Last page: 210
Number of pages: 14
ISSN: 1470-2266
eISSN: 1471-0374
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/glob.12339
Web address : https://doi.org/10.1111/glob.12339
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/67331637
This article studied Internet and social media uses, digital divides (access, use, and impact of the Internet and social media), and digitally mediated transnationalism in forced migration with the case of Syrians in Turkey. The mixed method analysis is based on surveys with 762 respondents, 52 interviews, and participant observations among Syrians in Gaziantep, Istanbul, and Izmir provinces in Turkey. Digitally mediated transnationalism became the everyday strategy, practice, and resilience of Syrians in Turkey. The first- and second-level digital divides, that is, the differences in their access to and use of the Internet and social media diminished while many third-level digital divides (impacts) remained. Syrians in Turkey used information and communication technologies, the Internet and social media for accessing basic needs and services, to enhance their challenging psycho-social well-being, to maintain transnational bonding and bridging connections to Syria, the European Union and elsewhere, and some also to implement their mobility plans.
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