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Siloed Diversity

Transnational Migration, Digital Media and Social Networks

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Authors:
  1. Catherine Gomes

    1. School of Media and Communication, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia

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  • Contributes to the diversity-migration-mobility nexus by featuring and highlighting transient migrants, often an overlooked yet burgeoning group of transnationally mobile actors

  • Fills gaps in the literature on diversity involving transient migrants particularly in the Asia-Pacific transient destination hubs of Australia and Singapore

  • Satisfies a growing need by scholars and policy makers to understand the evolving, layered and ubiquitous nature of transient transnational mobility

  • Offers insightful analysis of the digital experiences of transient migrants in tandem with their activities and encounters in the real world environment

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Catherine Gomes
    Pages 1-22

  3. Diversity in the Age of Mobility: Understanding Transient Migration in the Asia-Pacific with a Focus on Australia and Singapore

    • Catherine Gomes
    Pages 23-40

  4. Digital Media, Diversity and the Physical World

    • Catherine Gomes
    Pages 41-63

  5. Siloed Diversity: A Concept

    • Catherine Gomes
    Pages 65-100

  6. Conclusion

    • Catherine Gomes
    Pages 101-104

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 105-111
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About this book

This book examines the experiences of transient migrants in the Asia-Pacific, and in so doing provides new ways of understanding diversity. By focusing on the transient destination hubs of Australia and Singapore, Catherine Gomes shifts our thinking about diversity for two disruptive reasons: the increasingly large and global transient flows of people and our everyday reliance on digital media. The unprecedented usage of digital media influences not only communication patterns and information-seeking behaviour, but has also led to the rapid evolution of the very nature of entertainment and news, and directly impacted on our documenting and mapping of self (e.g. posts of photographs, opinions and links on social media timelines). The book introduces readers to the concept of siloed diversity - a phenomenon which occurs when people rely on a hierarchy of identities developed while in transience to make connections and disconnections with others.

Reviews

“Catherine Gomes' book fills an important gap in the literature. The concepts of siloed diversity, role of social media, and the extensive analysis of transient migrants and their everyday lives expands our understanding of the complexities and nuances in migrant experiences. Gomes’ interdisciplinary research contributes richly to a range of fields including, transnational migration, international education, identity politics, diversity and inclusion, communication. This is a must read.” (Fanta Aw, Hurst Sr Professorial Lecturer, and Vice President of Campus Life, American University, USA)

“Written with the emphatic voice of a migrant herself, Catherine Gomes offers us compelling insights into the lived experiences of transient migrants as they negotiate new territories and a shifting sense of self. Her concept of siloed diversity provides a fresh lens for understanding the complexities of migrants' identity formation and assertion in a technologically-mediated world.” (Sun Sun Lim, Professor of Media & Communication, and Head of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at the Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore)

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Media and Communication, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia

    Catherine Gomes

About the author

Catherine Gomes is an Associate Professor at the School of Media and Communication at RMIT University, Australia.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Siloed Diversity

  • Book Subtitle: Transnational Migration, Digital Media and Social Networks

  • Authors: Catherine Gomes

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0332-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-0331-9Published: 11 May 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-0332-6Published: 30 April 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 111

  • Topics: Human Geography, Migration, Social Media, Media and Communication

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