ICT-based co-presence in transnational families and communities: challenging the premise of faceto-face proximity in sustaining relationships

Baldassar, Loretta;Nedelcu, Mihaela;Merla, Laura;Wilding, Raelene
(2016) Global Networks : a journal of transnational affairs — Vol. 2016, n° 1, p. pp 133-144 (2016)

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  • Baldassar, LorettaUniversitu of Western Australia
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  • Nedelcu, MihaelaUniversity of Neuchâtel
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  • Merla, Lauraorcid-logoUCLouvain
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  • Wilding, RaeleneUniversity of Melbourne
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(en) The proliferation of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and new media environments has begun to challenge the premise that strong relationships require face-to-face interactions. It is the expansion and enhancement of technologies of communication such as the internet, smartphones and social media that have contributed to the recent, startling emergence of a new social environment of ubiquitous connectivity. The concept of ?ICT-based co-presence? is used to capture and explore the diverse ways in which people maintain a sense of ?being there? for each other across distance.
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Baldassar, L., Nedelcu, M., Merla, L., & Wilding, R. (2016). ICT-based co-presence in transnational families and communities: challenging the premise of faceto-face proximity in sustaining relationships. Global Networks : a journal of transnational affairs, 2016(1), pp 133-144. https://doi.org/10.1111/glob.12108 (Original work published 2016)