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1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
Korean communities across the world
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Korean communities across the world.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Transnational ties and their impact on the Korean community -- Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of Korean immigrants in the Washington-Baltimore area -- Connecting with the home country: information and communication technologies (ICT) and transnational media/television -- Transnational activities of Korean immigrants -- Cultural transnational activities: the consumption of transnational media / with Young A. Jung and Gyu Tag Lee -- Where is home?: identity and belonging in the digital age -- Compatibility of assimilation with ethnic preservation and transnationalism -- Overview and implications. |
| Summary |
This book examines Korean immigrants' transnational activities, in particular their consumption of transnational media, and the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs), especially the Internet and smartphones, on cross-border engagement and its impact on their sense of home, identity, and belonging. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Korean Americans -- Washington Metropolitan Area.
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Korean Americans. |
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Koreans -- Washington Metropolitan Area.
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Koreans. |
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Transnationalism -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Transnationalism. |
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United States. |
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural & Social. |
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Social aspects. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Asian American Studies. |
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Korean Americans -- Social life and customs. |
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Mass media. |
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Washington (D.C.) Metropolitan Area. |
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Washington (D.C.) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kim, Dae-Young, author. Transnational communities in the smartphone age Lanham : Lexington Books, 2017 9781498541756 (DLC) 2017044054 |
| ISBN |
9781498541763 (Electronic) |
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1498541763 |
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9781498541756 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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