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The Media Use of Diaspora in a Conflict Situation: A Case Study of Venezuelans in Finland

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Many Venezuelan emigrants have an emotional connection and/or they have family members and friends in the country of origin, and that is why they seek to find reliable information on the conflict situation in Venezuela. Therefore, they keep in touch with family members, read mainstream news and use different social media platforms. Thus, what kind of impact the conflict has on the media use and how events reported in the media are interpreted is investigated in this study of Venezuelan diaspora in Finland by using social media ethnography. There are internal and external factors behind the media use. External factors come from societies of the host and origin countries. Internal factors rise from family connections and identity construction concerning personal national identity or political activism.

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Salojärvi, V. (2017). The Media Use of Diaspora in a Conflict Situation: A Case Study of Venezuelans in Finland. In: Ogunyemi, O. (eds) Media, Diaspora and Conflict. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56642-9_11

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