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D I A S P O R A S I N T H E N E W M E D I A A G E I D E N T I T Y, P O L I T I C S, A N D C O M M U N I T Y edited by andoni alonso and pedro j. oiarzabal ALONSO AND OIARZABAL S O C I O L O G Y / T E C H N O L O G Y / E T H N I C S T U D I E S Praise for Diasporas in the New Media Age “This is really an exciting book. The more I read it, the more enthusiastic I became. This is a genuinely original and challenging work of interdisciplinary scholarship and constitutes an important contribution to a number of fields.” — C A R L M I T C H A M , A U T H O R O F T H I N K I N G T H R O U G H T E C H N O L O G Y : T H E P A T H B E T W E E N E N G I N E E R I N G A N D P H I L O S O P H Y Diasporas in the New Media Age is the first book-length examination of the use of information and communication technologies by emigrants and diasporas around the world. Eighteen original essays explore the personal, familial, and social impact of digital communications media on populations of European, Asian, African, Caribbean, Middle Eastern, and Latin American emigrants, as well as the role and transformation of such concepts as identity, nation, culture, and community in the era of information technology and economic globalization. They also offer an engaging view of the immigrant experience in the contemporary world. The book contributes to our understanding of the impact of technology on society and offers important insights into the ways dispersed populations are using digital media to maintain ties with their families and homeland, create new communities abroad that preserve their culture and reinforce their sense of identity, access information about professional opportunities, and sustain political or social movements suppressed in their homelands. Andoni Alonso is associate professor of philosophy at the University of Extremadura, Cáceres (Spain). He is the author of many articles and books, including Basque Cyberculture: From Digital Euskadi to Cyber Euskalherria. Pedro J. Oiarzabal is a research scholar at the University of Deusto, Bilbao (Spain). He is the author of numerous articles as well as books on migration and identity, including Gardeners of Identity: Basques in the San Francisco Bay Area. Jacket design: Jason Harvey DIASPORAS IN THE NEW MEDIA AGE NEVADA University of Nevada Press ...

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