[Air-L] CfP Youth migration, media and transnational education

[Dedecek Gertz, Helena]

Special issue with the Journal of Childhood and Adolescence Research



**Youth migration, media and transnational education**



Digital media plays a relevant role in transnational migration movements. Its uses have been

analysed from different approaches, from managing family and keeping social relations from a

distance (Madianou & Miller, 2012), to information seeking in the context of migrants fleeing

war and conflict (Dekker et al., 2018) and political participation (Gil de Zúñiga et al., 2009). Apart

from notable exceptions (Jayadeva, 2019), still little is known about the uses of media to fulfil

transnational educational projects. But even beyond that, media use in migratory contexts

remains a relevant topic of research. The communicative possibilities brought by "deep

mediatisation" (Hepp, 2020) increase the pace and shape of information exchange. On this

ground, new circumstances emerge. Social networking sites (SNS) are central, as they allow for

quick and comparatively cheap exchanges. Furthermore, they provide a pool of available

connections that can be activated through online interactions. In this way, they serve as a source

of latent ties (Haythornthwaite, 2002) even for people who would not be otherwise involved in

transnational social networks. SNS create other connection opportunities in migratory social

networks, namely those established among unknown SNS users solely for information exchange

purposes.

Young people are particularly active on SNS and they are more likely to follow migratory projects

associated with educational opportunities. This special issue contributes to investigating the use

of media in such contexts from different perspectives. We are particularly interested in analyses

that account for social inequalities and would provide insights into questions such as: What are

the different uses of media among children and young people from different class backgrounds

seeking educational opportunities abroad? What are the roles of race and gender in that

intersection? What are the entanglements of digital labour and educational attainment among

young migrants? How do educational institutions profit from or are affected by the information

exchange and informal counselling on SNS among transnational mobile children and young

people?

Possible topics can be related to - but not limited to:

* Young migrants' uses of media for educational purposes

* Young migrants' digital media literacy in transnational contexts

* Online experiences with racism and discrimination in contexts of formal

education/educational institutions

* Migrant students' platform / digital labour

* Connections of migrant student's digital labour and educational institutions

* Inequalities in access to digital gadgets/platforms in contexts of formal education



**Submission procedure**



Please, submit your proposal (200-400 words) until October 17 with the subject line "Proposal: Youth migration, media and transnational education" to helena.dedecek.gertz at uni-hamburg.de.



**Timetable**



Proposals due: 17.10.22

Notification on decision to pursue manuscript: 24.10.22

Submission of full manuscripts due: 15.1.23

Manuscripts returned after peer review: 18.8.23

Revised manuscripts due: 20.6.24

Final editorial decisions: 10.7.24

Edited collection submitted to publisher: 15.7.24

Publication: 30.9.24



**References**

Dekker, R., Engbersen, G., Klaver, J., & Vonk, H. (2018). Smart Refugees: How Syrian Asylum Migrants Use Social Media Information in Migration Decision-Making. Social Media + Society, 4(1), 1-11

Gil de Zúñiga, H., Molyneux, L., & Zheng, P. (2014). Social Media, Political Expression, and Political Participation: Panel Analysis of Lagged and Concurrent Relationships. Journal of Communication, 64(4), 612-634

Haythornthwaite, C. (2002) Strong, Weak, and Latent Ties and the Impact of New Media, The Information Society, 18(5), 385-401

Hepp, A. (2020). Deep Mediatization. London: Routledge

Jayadeva, S. (2020) Keep calm and apply to Germany: how online communities mediate transnational student mobility from India to Germany, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 46(11), 2240-2257

Madianou, M, Miller, D (2012) Migration and New Media: Transnational families and Polymedia. London: Routledge



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Helena Dedecek Gertz

Universität Hamburg

Fakultät für Erziehungswissenschaft

Fachbereich EW1

Allgemeine, Interkulturelle und International Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft sowie Pädagogische Psychologie

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin



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