Living here, yet being there: Facebook as a transnational space for newcomer Latina/o adolescents

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dc.contributor.authorStewart, Mary Amanda
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-23T20:10:35Z
dc.date.available2021-09-23T20:10:35Z
dc.date.created2021-09-23
dc.date.issued2013
dc.descriptionArticle originally published in Tapestry Journal, 5(1), 28-43. English. Published Online 2014. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/tapestry/vol5/iss1/4
dc.description.abstractUnder the category of diaspora media studies, the present case study investigates the social networking use of four newcomer adolescent English Learners in a U.S. high school. Demonstrating their transnational skills, the students use the social networking site of Facebook prolifically outside of school in order to connect to their home countries, maintain their Latina/o identities, and acquire English. Findings from analyzing the students' Facebook pages, interviews, and in-school observations illustrate that they are transnational, multicultural, emergent bilinguals who engage in sophisticated multimodal ways of communication outside of school, challenging their at-risk label in their high school. Immigrant students' transnational skills that are being nurtured through technology should be leveraged for academic learning such as acquiring English in the classroom and learning through global perspectives. Furthermore, language pedagogy and policy must change in response to transnationalism and new technologies in order to provide English Learners an equitable education.en_US
dc.identifier.citationThis is the published version of an article that is available at https://stars.library.ucf.edu/tapestry/vol5/iss1/4. Recommended citation: Stewart, M.A. (2014). Living here, yet being there: Facebook as a transnational space for newcomer Latina/o adolescents. Tapestry Journal, 5(1), 28-43. This item has been deposited in accordance with publisher copyright and licensing terms and with the author’s permission.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11274/13266
dc.identifier.urihttps://stars.library.ucf.edu/tapestry/vol5/iss1/4
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherMiami University, the University of Central Florida, the University of Texas Tyler, and Stetson Universityen_US
dc.subjectDiaspora media studies
dc.subjectImmigrant students
dc.subjectLanguage pedagogy
dc.titleLiving here, yet being there: Facebook as a transnational space for newcomer Latina/o adolescentsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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