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Social Navigation and the Refugee Crisis: Traversing "Archipelagos" of Uncertainty
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Abstract This reflection considers the thematic issue "Refugee Crises Disclosed: Intersections between Media, Communication and Forced Migration Processes" through the lens of social navigation which takes into account the fluidity and uncertainty of the refugee and forced migrant condition whether in flight... view more
This reflection considers the thematic issue "Refugee Crises Disclosed: Intersections between Media, Communication and Forced Migration Processes" through the lens of social navigation which takes into account the fluidity and uncertainty of the refugee and forced migrant condition whether in flight, emplaced, or at a temporary stopping point. Refugees who are able to “read” their social environment will be more successful in developing practices to navigate through unpredictable migration processes, including responding to information uncertainty. Yet even as some of the displaced adapt, other actors - particularly those part of the refugee regime - are also operating in unstable conditions such that the actions of refugees/forced migrants may in turn keep the circumstances of those purporting to help also in flux.... view less
Keywords
migrant; refugee; digital media; information; social factors
Classification
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Interactive, electronic Media
Free Keywords
belonging; digital environment; information precarity; social navigation; uncertainty
Document language
English
Publication Year
2019
Page/Pages
p. 300-302
Journal
Media and Communication, 7 (2019) 2
Issue topic
Refugee Crises Disclosed: Intersections between Media, Communication and Forced Migration Processes
ISSN
2183-2439
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed