Privileged mobilities: professional migration, geo-social media, and a new global middle class
Auteur :
Polson, Erika
Éditeur :
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
ISBN :
9781433130267
Date de publication :
5 juin 2016
Poids :
300 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
As corporations ramp up «workforce globalization», social entrepreneurs use online digital platforms to create offline social events where foreigners can meet face-to-face. Through ethnographic study, Erika Polson illustrates how, as a new generation of expatriates uses location technologies to create mobile «places,» a new global middle class is emerging.