02391cam a22002894a 4500 110526s2012 enk b 001 0 eng c 9780415679299 SDU HD8398 M178 M 2012 Madianou, Mirca. 187364 Migration and new media : transnational families and polymedia / Mirca Madianou and Daniel Miller. New York : Routledge, 2012. 175 p. The Philippines and globalisation : migration, mothering and communications -- Why they go and why they stay -- Letters and cassettes -- The mothers' perspective -- The children's perspective -- The technology of relationships -- Polymedia -- A theory of mediated relationships. HKBU library YT2025 M10 "The way in which families maintain long distance communication when they are separated because of migration has been revolutionised by the emergence of a variety of internet- and mobile phone-based platforms. These platforms have created a new communicative environment, which the authors call 'polymedia'. This book draws on a long-term ethnographic study of prolonged separation between transnational Filipino migrant mothers in the UK and their left-behind children in the Philippines. It is unique in the way it provides firstly a theory of the new experience of media itself, as polymedia. This is complemented by a theory of relationships based on an analysis of mother-child communication. The authors seek to go beyond both media studies and anthropology to construct a new theory of mediated relationships that combines findings from both disciplines and has considerable importance for the social sciences more generally."--Publisher's description. Foreign workers, Filipino Family relationships Great Britain. 187365 Women foreign workers Family relationships Great Britain. 187366 Children of foreign workers Family relationships Philippines. 187367 Communication in families Philippines. 187368 Interpersonal communication Technological innovations Social aspects Philippines. 187369 Communication, International Technological innovations Social aspects Philippines. 187370 Miller, Daniel, 1954- 187371 = C.1 SDU GBE lcc 102320 102320 0 0 lcc 0 HD8398 M178 M2012 0 CGB 284474 SDU SDU GEN3 2025-10-10 2 0 HD8398 M178 M 2012 1000374564 2025-10-10 00:00:00 C.1 2025-10-10 GBE