Hi, Johnny, With apologise for self-promotion and not being directly related (not about Facebook), but relevant - two chapters on digital communication in identities construction of post-soviet migrants in the UK: (2013) ‘Digital debates on Soviet memory in the national identity construction of post-soviet migrants’, in Negotiating Linguistic, Cultural and Social Identities in the Post-Soviet World, Sarah Smith and Conny Opitz eds., Peter Lang, 163-182. ISBN 978-3-0343-0840-3 pb. (2010) ‘Digital communication of the Russian-speaking community as a reflection of language contact and performance of identity’, in Instrumentarium of Linguistics. Sociolinguisitc Approaches to Non-Standard Russian, Arto Mustajoki et al. eds., Slavica Helsingiensia 40, 369-380. Both PDFs are available here https://cambridge.academia.edu/GalinaNikiporetsTakigawa, Best, Galina On 2014-02-05 13:01, Unger, Johann wrote:
Meanwhile, I'm trying to finish my email! Apologies for the earlier, unfinished draft. Here's what I meant to write:
Dear AOIR-ers,
A PhD student in my department is currently trying to finish his thesis on migrants' use if Facebook, with a particular focus on how they construct their identities. If you know of any interesting work in this area, I'd be grateful of you could let me know either off-list or on. We'll collate any responses and circulate in due course.
Many thanks, Johnny
Dr J W Unger Lecturer and Academic Director of Summer Programmes Department of Linguistics and English Language Lancaster University LA1 4YL
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