Transnational Communities in the Smartphone Age - The Korean Community in the Nations Capital

This book examines Korean immigrants' transnational activities, in particular their consumption of transnational media, and the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs), especially the Internet and smartphones, on cross-border engagement and its impact on their sense of home, identity, and belonging.

List of contents

Introduction: Transnational Ties and Their Impact on the Korean Community
1. Demographic and Socioeconomic Characteristics of Korean Immigrants in the Washington-Baltimore Area
2. Connecting with the Home Country: Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Transnational Media/Television
3. Transnational Activities of Korean Immigrants
4. Cultural Transnational Activities: The Consumption of Transnational Media
With Young A. Jung, and Gyu Tag Lee
5. Where is Home?: Identity and Belonging in the Digital Age
6. Compatibility of Assimilation with Ethnic Preservation and Transnationalism
Conclusion: Overview and Implications

About the author

Dae Young Kim is associate professor of sociology at George Mason University.

Summary

This book examines Korean immigrants’ transnational activities, in particular their consumption of transnational media, and the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs), especially the Internet and smartphones, on cross-border engagement and its impact on their sense of home, identity, and belonging.

Product details

• Authors: Dae Young Kim
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781498541756
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-4175-6
• No. of pages: 252
• Series: Korean Communities across the World; Korean Communities Across the; Korean Communities across the World
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; USA, Ethnic Studies, Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, Social and cultural anthropology, Urban communities, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity