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Transnational I dentity and Digital Media. Brit-Italians in London

Transnational I dentity and Digital Media. Brit-Italians in London. Dr. Sara Marino CREAM-Centre for Research and Education in Arts and Media University of Westminster Creating Cultures: Postgraduate conference in Culture, Media, and the Creative Industries King ’ s College London

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Transnational I dentity and Digital Media. Brit-Italians in London

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  1. Transnational Identity and Digital Media.Brit-Italians in London Dr. Sara Marino CREAM-Centre for Research and Education in Arts and Media University of Westminster Creating Cultures: Postgraduate conference in Culture, Media, and the Creative Industries King’s College London 12th - 13th June 2014

  2. Presentation plan • Presentation of the research Online and offline diasporic communities: Italians in London • Scopes and observations • Conclusions

  3. Online communities • 7 online communities investigated: Italians of London; Italians in London; Italiani a Londra; The London Link; The London Web; Qui Londra; Sognando Londra • Observation: websites’ architecture and visual components; information provided; discussion forums/chat line / social network links • Scopes: • A. to understand the different levels of interaction between users; • B. to understand why users access the community and the discussion forum; • C. what they chat about; • D. emergence of face-to-face encounters outside the digital world

  4. Findings: • Online communities rich in content material content (information) • First point of contact for ‘newbies’ • The language • Social capital (shared resources and support) • Emotional support • Sense of community

  5. Group vs. community • Nancy Baym • The sense of space • A shared practice • Shared resources and support • Shared identities • Interpersonal relationships

  6. Connective and ‘orientative’ functions of digital media • ‘Orientative’ function: • Community as mutual aid and support • Reliable community – extremely important in the first stages of adaptation (material and concrete support in the short period and emotional support in the long period) • Connective function (mobile technologies): • Connection to Italy • Reduction of homesickness and nostalgia • Maintenance of close relationships • The feeling of being at home • Sense of ontological security

  7. Conclusions • The importance of ‘digital trust’ – process of integration • Impact on host and home societies • Virtual Transnational Communities of Immigrants (Navarrete & Huerta) • Hybrid communities of interest that combine online and offline means of participation • Grounded relationships based on the sharing of a common life-changing experience and nationality • Transnational communities as new arenas for further research in migration studies

  8. References • Baym, N. (2010), Personal connections in the Digital Age, Cambridge: Polity Press. • Etzioni A. and Etzioni O. (1999), Face-to-Face and Computer-Mediated Communities. A Comparative Analysis. In The Information Society 15, pp. 241-248. • Kastoryano, R. (2000) Settlement, Transnational Communities and Citizenship. In International Social Science Journal 52, pp. 307-312. • Navarrete C. and Huerta E. (2000), Building Virtual Bridges to Home: The Use of the Internet by Transnational Communities of Immigrants. In International Journal of Communications, Law, and Policy 11, pp. 1-20.

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