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New ties, old ties and lost ties: the use of the internet in diaspora

Harry H. Hiller

Tara M. Franz

University of Calgary, Canada

The computer represents a new resource in developing social capital that previously did not exist among migrants. The relationship between physical space and cyberspace is discussed using the experience of migrants from Newfoundland who, although dispersed from their homeland, use the computer to maintain ties with both their homeland and others in diaspora. Three phases in the migration cycle are identified (pre-migrant, post-migrant, settled migrant) and four categories of computer usage are linked to each phase. Three types of online relationships can be identified among diasporic peoples that result in developing new ties, nourishing old ties and rediscovering lost ties. The processes of verification, telepresence, hyperreality and attribution are discovered and illustrated from online data and interviews which indicate how computermediated communication is related to both social networking and identity among migrants.

Key Words: attribution • diaspora • hyper-reality • migration • teleprescence • verification

New Media & Society, Vol. 6, No. 6, 731-752 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/146144804044327
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