What is it about?
The research is about how Korean immigrants' mobile phone uses (i.e., voice calling and texting) are associated with their social networks configuration. Texting with fellow Korean immigrants seem to increase their network centrality whereas voice calling with non-Korean friends and coworkers contribute to network size and diversity.
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Why is it important?
My work is unique in terms of studying an ethnic minority group in the US and showing how their social networking via mobile communication can contribute to solidarity within their ethnic community.
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I am very happy about this publication since it is a result of years of data collection and analysis, and intensive rewriting from my dissertation project. I am also very glad that I could publish in one of the best journals in the field of computer-mediated communication.
Dr Sun Kyong Lee
U of Oklahoma
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This page is a summary of: Bounded Solidarity Confirmed? How Korean Immigrants' Mobile Communication Configures Their Social Networks, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, November 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP),
DOI: 10.1111/jcc4.12142.
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