Korean Digital Diaspora - Transnational Social Movements and Diaspora Identity

This book analyzes digital media use in the context of social change and of identity construction, using the Korean digital diaspora as a case study. Hojeong Lee examines how digital media has impacted transnational social movements as well as reshaping individuals' cultural identities and their perspectives on their surroundings.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Theories on Digital Media, Social Movements, and Digital Diaspora
Chapter 2: Immigration Histories of the Korean Diaspora
Chapter 3: Korean Ethnic Media, a Long-Time Lifeline to Connect to Homeland
Chapter 4: We Live in a New Home, but We Stay Connected to Our Homeland
Chapter 5: Case Study: Social Movements of Korean Digital Diaspora Since 2014
Chapter 6: Re-Constructing of Diaspora Identity within the Korean Diaspora

About the author

Hojeong Lee teaches media studies in the Department of Media Studies and Production at Temple University.

Summary

This book analyzes digital media use in the context of social change and of identity construction, using the Korean digital diaspora as a case study. Hojeong Lee examines how digital media has impacted transnational social movements as well as reshaping individuals' cultural identities and their perspectives on their surroundings.

Product details

• Authors: Hojeong Lee
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781793625168
• ISBN: 978-1-79362-516-8
• No. of pages: 214
• Series: Korean Communities across the World; Korean Communities Across the
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Korea, Ethnic Studies, Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Social & cultural history, Migration, immigration & emigration, Social and cultural history, Migration, immigration and emigration, Black & Asian Studies, Relating to Asian American people