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Title
How and why refugees might change their ICT
behaviour when migrating to Europe?
behaviour when migrating to Europe?
Creator
Robert Ebo Hinson
Description
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have become part of everyone's’ lives and imagining
a life without them seems almost impossible. Mobile phones and social media platforms, which are of
great importance in this thesis, are used for contacting friends and families, gathering news but also as a
tool for organizing a getaway. Therefore this bachelor thesis aims to answer the research question “How
and why refugees might change their ICT behaviour when migrating to Europe?”. Until now, this
questions has not been answered in the literature. Previous studies only focussed on the ICT use at the
specific location of migrants and refugees (in their home countries, en route or in their host societies),
examined the impact on ICT on social integration or treated the media discourse about refugees, for
example, on Facebook.
Contributing to this discourse, the author of this thesis conducted interviews with six refugees of
different nationalities in two refugee centers in Düsseldorf, Germany, asking them about their individual
ICT behaviour in their countries of origin, en route and in Germany. Based on the method of discourse
analysis, the interviews reveal that the mobile phone as well as social media platforms are of great
importance for refugees as they enable them to take part in their loved ones lives despite the
geographical distances. On the other hand refugees did not changed their ICT behaviour now living in
Germany compared to their home country, the purpose, however, did changed.
a life without them seems almost impossible. Mobile phones and social media platforms, which are of
great importance in this thesis, are used for contacting friends and families, gathering news but also as a
tool for organizing a getaway. Therefore this bachelor thesis aims to answer the research question “How
and why refugees might change their ICT behaviour when migrating to Europe?”. Until now, this
questions has not been answered in the literature. Previous studies only focussed on the ICT use at the
specific location of migrants and refugees (in their home countries, en route or in their host societies),
examined the impact on ICT on social integration or treated the media discourse about refugees, for
example, on Facebook.
Contributing to this discourse, the author of this thesis conducted interviews with six refugees of
different nationalities in two refugee centers in Düsseldorf, Germany, asking them about their individual
ICT behaviour in their countries of origin, en route and in Germany. Based on the method of discourse
analysis, the interviews reveal that the mobile phone as well as social media platforms are of great
importance for refugees as they enable them to take part in their loved ones lives despite the
geographical distances. On the other hand refugees did not changed their ICT behaviour now living in
Germany compared to their home country, the purpose, however, did changed.
Source
https://essay.utwente.nl/76337/1/Drozdzynski_BA_BMS.pdf
Language
English