Social media as third space: Facebook’s role in international student mobility between home and host cultures

Lin Malone

doi:10.26182/nah8-rb45

Social media as third space: Facebook’s role in international student mobility between home and host cultures

Lin Malone

School of Social Sciences

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This thesis is a visual Internet ethnographic study that draws on qualitative ethnographic interviews with international students in Australia and Finland to analyse social networking practices, examining the construction and curation of digital identities that address multiple audiences in home and host countries. It applies Bhabha's "Third Space" to the transnational multicultural environment of Facebook, investigating how a Third Space is evidenced in the online world of international students.

Original language	English
Qualification	Doctor of Philosophy
Awarding Institution	The University of Western Australia
Supervisors/Advisors	Baldassar, Loretta, Supervisor Han, Sam, Supervisor Cover, Rob, Supervisor
Thesis sponsors	Australian Government Research Training Program
Award date	13 Jun 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.26182/nah8-rb45
Publication status	Unpublished - 2021

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