Reviewing the Literature
As I have begun the process of completing an annotated bibliography
and have compiled the pre-existing literature, it is evident that work on this
detail on the lives of migrants is still developing. The literature I have come
across pertains to countries in the eastern hemisphere, detailing their
migration into Europe. Although, comparing this literature may prove to be
beneficial by allowing us to discern the ways in which the migration process of
Mexicans relates or differs. Additionally, if the research on how migrants
utilize social networks is sparse, then our work could be used to expand the
literature.
A particularly interesting article authored by Rianne
Dekker and Godfried Engbersen entitled “How Social Media Transform Migrant
Networks and Facilitate Migration” offers insight to the significance of social
media within the migration process. Dekker and Engbersen elaborate on how
migrants utilize social media through the establishment of migrant networks
used to inform migrants of communities with large populations of people from
similar backgrounds. Assimilation becomes easier when people are surrounded by
people they have established relationships online with and those who share a
similar background. The authors mention that this experience is not a universal
one due to the discrepancies in accessibility to social media, with that being
said, the work is still able to offer invaluable information on how social
media can facilitate the migration process and how it has transformed the
process from what it once was.
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