Social Media, Mobile Phones and Migration in Africa: A Review of the Evidence

2021 ◽  
pp. 146499342110436
Author(s):  
Nicole Stremlau ◽  
Anna Tsalapatanis
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Civil War ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
International Media ◽  
Humanitarian Organizations ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Systematic Database

The role of new technologies, including mobile phones and social media, in migration moved to the fore during the European migrant crisis in 2015. Images of Syrians fleeing civil war, along with Iraqis and Afghans, guided by their mobile phones became common in the international media. While much has been made about the importance of mobile phones for migrants, including by humanitarian organizations, what evidence do we have about the role such technologies have in migration, particularly for migrants in, and from, Africa? This article uses a semi-systematic approach to evaluate the strength of the evidence around the use (or not) of mobile phones and social media in the migratory pathways of Africans, primarily to Europe. This includes detailed systematic database searches, submissions from experts such as academics and practitioners as well as the use of snowball citation searches. We argue that given the intensity of the claims affirming the role of new technologies in migration, the evidence remains surprisingly anecdotal and weak. In short, the use of mobile phones, and social media, on migratory pathways cannot be generalized and further investigation is urgently required to better determine whether, and how, such technologies are shaping and transforming migration in the ways so frequently argued.

The Ubiquitous Role of Mobile Phones in Value Co-Creation Through Social Media Marketing

2021 ◽  
pp. 2166-2180
Author(s):  
Syed Far Abid Hossain ◽  
Xu Shan ◽  
Abdul Qadeer
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Social Media Marketing ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Shed Light

The purpose of this paper is to ascertain the contemporary role of mobile phones in value co-creation through social media marketing. How mobile phones, in particular, smartphones with the help of numerous social media generate value co-creation, is the key objective of this study. A random sampling method was used to conduct a survey in different universities in China to identify the role of mobile phones in value co-creation. Findings from primary data collection indicated that mobile phones play a vital role in value co-creation because of the extensive use of social media. If value co-creation through social media marketing develops with the help of producers, suppliers and other intermediaries with the necessary technology and trust, the society, as well as customers, may enjoy a unique way of shopping. Future studies with mixed methodology and respondents who use different social media as a tool to generate value co-creation may shed light on the undiscovered phenomenon of social media marketing in the context of the mobile phone.

The Role of Social Media in Shaping Tourists' Travel Decisions

2020 ◽  
pp. 52-65
Author(s):  
Sandeep Basnyat ◽  
Yuan Jiahui
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Payment System ◽  
International Travel ◽  
Chinese Tourists ◽  
Multiple Levels ◽  
Travel Decisions ◽  
Chinese Individual

With increased economic and population growth, air connectivity, and travel facilities, international travel of Chinese citizens has tremendously increased. Although usually in groups, there has been a growing trend among Chinese tourists toward travelling independently. These independent travellers or so-called ‘new tourists' are highly exposed to new technologies and social media and prefer to do research about possible destinations, and new travel routes and activities that package tours usually do not include. This chapter examines how social media in general and WeChat, in particular, shapes the Chinese individual travellers' travelling decisions. As will be seen, while WeChat's popularity among the Chinese outbound tourists is largely attributed to its multi-functionality, its influences on their destination visitation choice are found in multiple levels: by providing illuminating information, allowing users to integrate their payment system easily to their bank accounts in China, and providing means to obtain discounts and promotional offers in a variety of ways.

Digitalization and migration: the role of social media and migrant networks in migration decisions. An exploratory study in Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chinedu Obi ◽  
Fabio Bartolini ◽  
Marijke D’Haese
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Information Asymmetry ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Migrant Networks ◽  
Awareness Campaigns ◽  
Using Data ◽  
And Migration

Purpose This paper aims to explore the connectivity between social media use, access to migrant networks, information asymmetry and migration intentions. Design/methodology/approach The study was conducted using data from individuals living in Nigeria and analysed with a generalized structural equation model, which is rare for this kind of research. Findings The authors find a dual mediating role of the social media and the migrant networks in facilitating migration, i.e. reducing the threshold cost required to migrate and introducing a bias in terms of information asymmetry. While social media and access to migrant networks directly increase migration intentions, this changes when incomplete information is provided. People who use social media and their migrant networks for information are more likely to have information about destination countries than information on the transit risk. Social implications The study adds valuable insights for designing awareness campaigns aimed at reducing irregular migration. Originality/value This study contributes to the understanding of the intersection of migration and digitalization

The Legacy of Conflict: Reconstruction and Migration in the Aftermath of Civil War in Tajikistan

2021 ◽  
pp. 019791832110254
Author(s):  
Michelle L. O’Brien
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
Resource Center ◽  
Combining Data ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Data Program ◽  
Development Resource ◽  
The Relationship

How do civil war and subsequent reconstruction efforts affect international migration? Although a wealth of evidence points to violent conflict’s effects on contemporaneous migration and although a rich body of literature examines development’s effects on migration, we know less about the intersection of conflict, development, and migration. This article examines the intersection of these factors nearly a decade after the 1992–1997 civil war in Tajikistan, combining data from the 2007 Tajikistan Living Standards Survey, the Uppsala Conflict Data Program, and original interviews. In a series of logistic regression models, I show that conflict fatalities do not have a direct effect on subsequent migration, while the number of years a district has had a development resource center directly increases the likelihood of migrating. However, the interaction between development and conflict is negative and significant. These findings suggest that conflict’s legacy does not directly impact the likelihood of respondents migrating but instead changes the nature of the relationship between development and migration. This finding illuminates conflict’s potential long-term consequences for migration and extends the migration-development nexus by addressing the role of conflict in the relationship between development and migration. In particular, it suggests that migration research in conflict-affected countries should incorporate measures of both conflict and development, even after a given conflict has ended.

Participation With Social Media

2022 ◽  
pp. 104-125
Author(s):  
Cenay Babaoglu ◽  
Elvettin Akman
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Local Participation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Delivery Of Services ◽  
Facebook Pages

By improving ICT within the scope of administration, new terms like e-government, m-government, e-governance, e-participation appeared in the field of public administration. The concept of e-government affects municipalities—closest service units to the citizens—and with this effect developed the term e-municipality. Municipalities in Turkey began to use the new technologies for the delivery of services, and terms like e-participation and e-governance are widening rapidly. This chapter investigates whether Facebook pages are an effective tool for local participation. The social media-citizen relationship that is claimed to be more effective, especially at the local level, has been evaluated through the Facebook pages of the municipalities. This chapter focuses on the role of social media in participatory administration.

THE USE OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES AS AN ELEMENT OF CREATING THE IMAGE OF A TOURISM COMPANY ON THE INTERNET

2019 ◽  
Vol 51 ◽  
pp. 105-120
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Borodako ◽  
Michał Rudnicki
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
High Tendency ◽  
Media Research ◽  
Cross Tabulation ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose. Analysis of opinions of Polish tourists staying in Krakow regarding the websites of tourist companies offering particular types of services. Method. To collect empirical material, surveys were conducted among Polish tourists staying in Krakow. The analytical part uses methods of analysis of structures and cross-tabulation showing the dependencies of the offer assessment of individual tourism companies on selected characteristics of respondents. Findings. The main conclusions obtained on the basis of the research were confirmation of the dominating role of accommodation and catering facilities in obtaining tourists’ opinions and a high tendency of tourists to share their opinions and memories via social media. Research and conclusions limitations. Among the main limitations that do not allow for the generalisation of results for all tourists in our country we may find the extent of data collection - of local nature. Moreover, the presented results show the online image of Kraków tourism companies perceived only by domestic tourists, which may be important for the objectivity of the obtained results. Practical implications. Among the practical implications, a clear signal should be given to selected tourism providers regarding the need to improve their image (e.g. by improving the visibility and availability of the offer). The obtained research results clearly confirm the necessity to use new technologies in the tourism industry, particularly, social media and mobile technologies, which have become the leading channels of communication and creating the image of companies on the Internet. Originality. Research in the field of evaluation concerning touristy company websites, with such a detailed breakdown into particular types of services, are not encountered in the literature. However, the issue of the image of companies on the Internet is a problem known and developed since the beginning of the 90s of the twentieth century. Type of paper. Research paper.

scholarly journals Ubiquitous Role of Social Networking in Driving M-Commerce: Evaluating the Use of Mobile Phones for Online Shopping and Payment in the Context of Trust

SAGE Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 215824402093953 ◽  
Author(s):  
Syed Far Abid Hossain ◽  
Zhao Xi ◽  
Mohammad Nurunnabi ◽  
Khalid Hussain
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Online Shopping ◽  
Mobile Apps ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Security Issues

The article analyzes the role of driving m-commerce with social networking and therefore provides insight into how the application of mobile apps influences customers’ perceptions on purchasing products online and on the mode of payment. The consumers are engaged in social interactions through the internet by the new opportunities provided by social media. These interactions provide and generate certain values for both businesses and consumers. An upsurge in the application of social media on mobile phones by users is evident, giving optimism and the ability to view the role of the integration of m-commerce into social media. Certain criteria like mobile app compatibility, trust, perceived value of mobile phone apps for online shopping, and online payment are examined from the point of view of consumers who purchase products, save purchase time, and provide easy use and security through social networking sites and m-commerce. Adoption of a digital mode of payment is affected by the education level of the consumers as, if they are internet savvy, they will be more inclined to use the digital payment mode. The article not only discusses the role of education in the better understanding of consumers toward the application of online modes of transaction through mobile phones, but also indicates that there are security issues, although these have been resolved to some extent by technological advances. Yet, there is need for the retailers as well as the consumers to achieve further technological progress.

The importance of trust for electronic commerce satisfaction: an entrepreneurial perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Farid Shirazi ◽  
Nawal Abdalla Adam ◽  
Mohana Shanmugam ◽  
Carsten D. Schultz
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Electronic Commerce ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Social Commerce ◽  
Content Type

PurposeSocial commerce has seen a prosperous growth following the rise of social media, in particular, social networking sites have established novel ways to communicate and transact between firms and people. The rise of new technologies has also directed to changes in how entrepreneurs convey their business. Despite intensive social commerce research, the challenges of social commerce for entrepreneurs have attracted less attention and especially neglected the role of trust and satisfaction in electronic commerce.Design/methodology/approachThis research use a survey to collect data. The authors use structural equation modeling-partial least square (SEM-PLS) to analysis the data. This quantitative research provides new insights in the food industry.FindingsThis research thus provides insights into social commerce by analyzing the role of trust in the relationship between customers' social media activities and customers' satisfaction. The present study finds a mediating effect of trust in developing satisfaction. Social media activities facilitate a positive level of trust that in turn creates a satisfying environment for customers in social commerce. The research provides theoretical and practical implications at the end of the study.Originality/valueThe findings provide good knowledge for the food industry to stay connected with customers and develop their satisfaction.

scholarly journals PENDAMPINGAN CERDAS BERMEDIA SOSIAL PADA ORANGTUA SISWA SD MUHAMMADIYAH LAWANG

PAMBUDI ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (01) ◽  
pp. 51-56
Author(s):  
Tutik Sulistyowati ◽  
Luluk Dwi Kumalasari ◽  
Mochamad Aan Sugiharto
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Parental Supervision ◽  
Role Of Parents ◽  
And Control

The development of communication technology, especially mobile phones (HP), demands the role of parents in being able to assist children in using it. Elementary school’s children nowadays are easy to open and use all the features available, so they have become accustomed to using social media. The tendency of children in social media still needs parental supervision and control, but not all parents are able to compensate for the intelligence of children in using mobile phones and existing features, especially Social Media. Therefore, efforts are needed to educate parents in assisting children in communicating through technology. This dedication is done in an effort to educate students' parents accompanying their sons to be smart in social media at Muhammadiyah Lawang Elementary School.

Facebook Feminism: Social Media, Blogs, and New Technologies of Contemporary U.S. Feminism*

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison Dahl Crossley
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Social Movements ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Women's Movements ◽  
Friendship Networks ◽  
Other Information ◽  
Interpersonal Ties

Social networks and interpersonal ties are critical to social movements. They help recruit members, sustain organizations, nourish participants' movement identities, and disseminate information. Scholarship has pointed to the formative role of social media and other information and communication technologies in online and offline mobilization. Questions remain, however, regarding how online social and friendship networks shape social movements. In this article, I draw from literature on social networks, online mobilization, and women's movements to examine the role of online feminist social networks in feminist mobilization. Presenting qualitative data from a racially and geographically heterogeneous group of college feminists, I argue that Facebook and feminist blogs enlarge and nourish feminist networks, create online feminist communities, expand recruitment bases for online and offline mobilization, and increase opportunities for online interaction with adversaries. Finally, I consider generational shifts in the feminist movement, and the broader relationship between friendship networks and online and offline mobilization.

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