[Commlist] CfP Youth migration, media and transnational education

CfP

Special issue with the Journal of Childhood and Adolescence Research: 
https://www.budrich-journals.de/index.php/diskurs/

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*Youth migration, media and transnational education*

Digital media plays a relevant role in transnational migration 
movements. Its uses have been analysed from different approaches, from 
managing family and keeping social relations from a distance (Madianou & 
Miller, 2012), to information seeking in the context of migrants fleeing 
war and conflict (Dekker et al., 2018) and political participation (Gil 
de Zúñiga et al., 2009). Apart from notable exceptions (Jayadeva, 2019), 
still little is known about the uses of media to fulfil transnational 
educational projects. But even beyond that, media use in migratory 
contexts remains a relevant topic of research. The communicative 
possibilities brought by “deep mediatisation” (Hepp, 2020) increase the 
pace and shape of information exchange. On this ground, new 
circumstances emerge. Social networking sites (SNS) are central, as they 
allow for quick and comparatively cheap exchanges. Furthermore, they 
provide a pool of available connections that can be activated through 
online interactions. In this way, they serve as a source of latent ties 
(Haythornthwaite, 2002) even for people who would not be otherwise 
involved in transnational social networks. SNS create other connection 
opportunities in migratory social networks, namely those established 
among unknown SNS users solely for information exchange purposes.

Young people are particularly active on SNS and they are more likely to 
follow migratory projects associated with educational opportunities. 
This special issue contributes to investigating the use of media in such 
contexts from different perspectives.  We are particularly interested in 
analyses that account for social inequalities and would provide insights 
into questions such as: What are the different uses of media among 
children and young people from different class backgrounds seeking 
educational opportunities abroad? What are the roles of race and gender 
in that intersection? What are the entanglements of digital labour and 
educational attainment among young migrants? How do educational 
institutions profit from or are affected by the information exchange and 
informal counselling on SNS among transnational mobile children and 
young people?

Possible topics can be related to – but not limited to:

•             Young migrants’ uses of media for educational purposes

•             Young migrants’ digital media literacy in transnational 
contexts

•             Online experiences with racism and discrimination in 
contexts of formal education/educational institutions

•             Migrant students’ platform / digital labour

•             Connections of migrant student’s digital labour and 
educational institutions

•             Inequalities in access to digital gadgets/platforms in 
contexts of formal education

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*Submission procedure*

Please, submit your proposal (200-400 words) until October 17 with the 
subject line “Proposal: Youth migration, media and transnational 
education” to (helena.dedecek.gertz /at/ uni-hamburg.de).

The journal does not charge any APC or other payment from the authors.

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*Timetable*

Call for proposals: 15.7.22

Proposals due: 17.10.22

Notification on decision to pursue manuscript: 24.10.22

Submission of full manuscripts due: 15.1.23

Manuscripts returned after peer review : 18.8.23

Revised manuscripts due: 20.6.24

Final editorial decisions : 10.7.24

Edited collection submitted to publisher: 15.7.24

Publication: 30.9.24

*References*

Dekker, R., Engbersen, G., Klaver, J., & Vonk, H. (2018). Smart 
Refugees: How Syrian Asylum Migrants Use Social Media Information in 
Migration Decision-Making. Social Media + Society, 4(1), 1-11

Gil de Zúñiga, H., Molyneux, L., & Zheng, P. (2014). Social Media, 
Political Expression, and Political Participation: Panel Analysis of 
Lagged and Concurrent Relationships. Journal of Communication, 64(4), 
612–634

Haythornthwaite, C. (2002) Strong, Weak, and Latent Ties and the Impact 
of New Media, The Information Society, 18(5), 385-401

Hepp, A. (2020). Deep Mediatization. London: Routledge

Jayadeva, S. (2020) Keep calm and apply to Germany: how online 
communities mediate transnational student mobility from India to 
Germany, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 46(11), 2240-2257

Madianou, M, Miller, D (2012) Migration and New Media: Transnational 
families and Polymedia. London: Routledge

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