Doctoral Dissertation Research: Social Media and the Transnational Mobilization of Social Movements

本文探讨东道国的移民政策是否会塑造全球倡导团体的话语和组织联盟。该项目分析了西欧和美国的具体散居情况。 本研究利用互联网文献、网站链接和社交媒体联系，通过跨国比较研究了：（1）东道国移民政策对侨民倡导组织话语和网络结构的影响;（2）东道国侨民群体与这些话语的社交媒体联系;以及（3）这些东道国侨民活动家的民族身份和参与。 这项研究分析了20多个国家中与侨民宣传相关的4000多个活跃网站。 比较分析探讨了东道国移民政策如何塑造这些不同的话语（如民族自治和分离主义）的流行，在东道国人口和网络结构的超链接，表明这些宣传团体之间的联盟和分歧的网站之间的联系率。最后，我们研究这些组织模式是否与这些国家的散居者的暴力行为和针对散居者的暴力行为有关。这项研究的理论发展和利益相关者相对于类似的情况下使用的影响。

This dissertation examines whether host country immigration policies shape the discourses and organizational alliances of worldwide advocacy groups. The project analyses the case of specific diaspora in Western Europe and the United States. Drawing on internet documents, website hyperlinks and social media affiliations, it uses cross-national comparison to examine: (1) the effects of host country immigration policies on the discourses and network structure of diaspora advocacy organizations; (2) the social media affiliations with these discourses among the host country diaspora population; and (3) the ethnic identities and participation of diaspora activists in these host countries. This study analyzes over four thousand active websites associated with diasporic advocacy in two dozen countries. Comparative analysis examines how host country immigration policies shape the prevalence of these different discourses (e.g. ethnic autonomy and separatism), the affiliation rates among the host country population and the network structure of hyperlinks among websites that indicate alliances and divides among these advocacy groups. Finally, we examine whether these organizational patterns are linked to rates of violence by and against diaspora in these countries. This research has implications for theoretical development and use by stakeholders relative to similar cases.