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Investigation of migration-related challenges in order to develop an online information network for Persian immigrants
| Resumo: | International migration is one of the most challenging issues of recent decades which has led to plenty of research on various aspects of migration. Many researchers conducted investigations to recognize the needs and impediments in the migration process as well as proposing suggestions to tackle the problem of adaptation and integration of immigrants to the new environment. Internet as a vehicle of communication and a platform for information retrieval has become the most popular medium among immigrants, facilitating the transnational practices and their adaptation process to the new society. Iran is one of the countries with the high rate of immigration, intensified following the 1979 Islamic revolution. While the Iranian immigrants as a minority group in most countries are not well organized and suffer from lack of social supports, there is no comprehensive informative online platform in which they can acquire their necessary information and communicate with fellow immigrants. We therefore aimed to propose a Persian information network for Iranian immigrants to meet their needs of information and communication in their new society. The first part of this study was investigating the literature upon different aspects of migration and Iranian immigrants‟ needs and barriers throughout their migration process. The second part included the development of a survey to explore the sample of Iranian immigrants‟ needs and impediments during their post-migration life and their attitude and behavior toward an online co-creative website. To this aim, we recruited 201 Persian immigrant individuals to participate in our research for examining the possibility of developing a Persian information network in order to present free information and social support to Iranian immigrants. Our results showed that the majority of the sample population had positive attitude toward using and contributing to such a network with the purpose of value co-creation through exchanging and integrating of knowledge and experiences. |
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| Autores principais: | Mogharrab, Maliheh |
| Assunto: | Migration Migration-related challenges Iranian immigrants Internet Social media Value co-creation Migração Desafios relacionados com a imigração Imigrantes Iranianos Mídias sociais Cocriação de Valor |
| Ano: | 2018 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | dissertação de mestrado |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade do Minho |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho |
| Resumo: | International migration is one of the most challenging issues of recent decades which has led to plenty of research on various aspects of migration. Many researchers conducted investigations to recognize the needs and impediments in the migration process as well as proposing suggestions to tackle the problem of adaptation and integration of immigrants to the new environment. Internet as a vehicle of communication and a platform for information retrieval has become the most popular medium among immigrants, facilitating the transnational practices and their adaptation process to the new society. Iran is one of the countries with the high rate of immigration, intensified following the 1979 Islamic revolution. While the Iranian immigrants as a minority group in most countries are not well organized and suffer from lack of social supports, there is no comprehensive informative online platform in which they can acquire their necessary information and communicate with fellow immigrants. We therefore aimed to propose a Persian information network for Iranian immigrants to meet their needs of information and communication in their new society. The first part of this study was investigating the literature upon different aspects of migration and Iranian immigrants‟ needs and barriers throughout their migration process. The second part included the development of a survey to explore the sample of Iranian immigrants‟ needs and impediments during their post-migration life and their attitude and behavior toward an online co-creative website. To this aim, we recruited 201 Persian immigrant individuals to participate in our research for examining the possibility of developing a Persian information network in order to present free information and social support to Iranian immigrants. Our results showed that the majority of the sample population had positive attitude toward using and contributing to such a network with the purpose of value co-creation through exchanging and integrating of knowledge and experiences. |
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