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Understands mobility as a structural element of personal relationships and focuses on international students, a transnational group which would not exist without this approach.
Examines how personal communication media shapes and facilitates students' network connections and social support exchange.
Accompanied by network illustrations that facilitate the understanding of the students' networks.
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book examines the social networks of international students, exploring the ways in which they experience social support and the role of the continuously evolving media landscape in their experiences of mobility. Drawing on survey data collected from over 250 respondents around the world, Rajee Kanagavel offers a social network analysis of transnational social formations to investigate the flow of social support through media channels, shedding light on how co-presence is no longer influenced by geographical distance.
Kanagavel analyses the ways in which communication technologies are transforming the way we build and maintain relationships, and our ability to receive or give support across distance. As such, the book will be useful to scholars and students of sociology and media studies, particularly those with an interest in transnationalism, new media, social support and international student mobility.
Authors and Affiliations
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School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University, Singapore, Singapore
Rajee Kanagavel
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Social Lives of Networked Students
Book Subtitle: Mediated Connections
Authors: Rajee Kanagavel
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96199-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-96198-9Published: 07 November 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07153-0Published: 26 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-96199-6Published: 27 October 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 203
Number of Illustrations: 27 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour
Topics: Media Sociology, Social Media, Communication Studies, International and Comparative Education