Asia-Pacific in the Age of Transnational Mobility - The Search for Community and Identity on and Through Social Media

Asia Pacific in the Age of Transnational Mobility addresses and discusses the challenges of community and identity in the evolving transnational migrant and ethnographic landscapes of the region in the era of social media.

List of contents

List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Section 1: Social Media, Mobility, Transience and Transnational Relationships; 1. Female Indonesian Migrant Domestic Workers in Hong Kong: A Case Study of Advocacy through Facebook and the Story of Erwiana Sulistyaningsih; 2. Media and Mobilities in Australia: A Case Study of Southeast Asian International Students' Media Use for Well-Being; 3. Connecting and Re-Connecting with Vietnam: Migration, Vietnamese Overseas Communities and Social Media; 4. Liking It, Not Loving It: International Students in Singapore and Their Navigation of Everyday Life in Transience; Section 2: Social Media and Existing Multicultural Relationships in a Controlled Communication Environment.; 5. Is 'Allah Just for Muslims'?: Religion, Indigenization and Boundaries in Malaysia; 6. Ethnic Minorities in the Multi-Ethnic Heritage in Melaka: Reconstructing Dutch Eurasian and Chitty Melaka Identites through Facebook; 7. Nostalgia and Memory: Remembering the Malayan Communist Revolution in the Online Age; 8. New and Traditional Media in Malaysia: Conflicting Choices for Seeking Useful and Trusted Information in Everyday Life; Index.

About the author

Catherine Gomes is a Senior Lecturer at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.

Product details

• Authors: Catherine Gomes
• Assisted by: Catherine Gomes (Editor), Gomes Catherine (Editor)
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781785272493
• ISBN: 978-1-78527-249-3
• No. of pages: 244
• Series: Anthem Southeast Asian Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Ethnic Studies, Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, Communication Studies, Sex and sexuality, social aspects, Ethical Issues: Prostitution & Sex Industry, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Sexuality, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity, Ethical issues, topics and debates