Hi Siriam, from the linguistic perspective, there are a number of studies of code-switching online and its implications (not exclusively, but often in diasporic settings). For example: Paolillo, John 1996 Language choice on soc.culture.punjab. Electronic Journal of Communication 6(3). Hinrichs, Lars 2006 Codeswitching on the Web: English and Jamaican Creole in E-mail Communication. Amsterdam: Benjamins. And a number of papers in: Danet, Brenda and Susan Herring (eds.) 2007 The Multilingual Internet: Language, Culture, and Communication Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. The paper by Jannis Androutsopoulos (Language Choice and Code Switching in German-Based Diasporic Web Forums) is particularly intersting. Best wishes Theresa --- Theresa Heyd University of Pennsylvania DFG scholar Quoting EWB ICT4D Programs <ewb.ict4d@gmail.com>:
Dear List Participants,
This is a query to determine if you are aware of research studies that investigate the how's and why's of the migrant and / or diaspora usage of online technologies and social media (facebook, discussion lists, twitter, etc.,) ?
Many thanks in advance,
Sriram Reddy
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