Blogging: the use of digital representation of the migration experience
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Date
2015
Authors
Palaktsoglou, Maria
Shialis, Maria
Sutcliffe, Katherine
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Modern Greek Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand
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Abstract
To understand the migrant experience, researchers have traditionally used methods
such as ethnography and the analysis of written records to analyse the process of migration;
however a new primary source – new-media or digital records – is becoming
more and more relevant to the field. The new primary sources take many forms, but
a common new-medium, used by those migrating from Greece in the second decade
of the twenty-first century, is that of blogs. This preliminary and exploratory study
seeks to examine blogs written by people choosing to leave Greece. Using a qualitative
analysis of themes extrapolated from blog posts, both personal and practical, this study
illustrates themes discussed by bloggers to communicate their experience, and suggests
further uses for new-media in the field of migration studies.
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Keywords
Greek studies, Digital media, Emigration and immigration
Citation
Palaktsoglou, M.,Shialis, M. and Sutcliffe, K., 2015. Blogging: the use of digital representation of the migration experience. In: M. Tsianikas, G. Couvalis and M. Palaktsoglou (eds.) "Reading, interpreting, experiencing: an inter-cultural journey into Greek letters". Modern Greek Studies Association of New Zealand, 199-216.