Belonging and communicating in a bounded cosmopolitanism : the role of mobile phones in the integration of transnational migrants in Singapore

• Main Authors: Chib, Arul, Aricat, Rajiv George
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Social sciences::Communication; Information and Communication Technologies; Mobile Phone
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/142938
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The unabated influx of transnational labour migrants has been accompanied by complex societal fissures, from differential policies to the creation of isolated cultural geographies. In Singapore, citizens voice their aggravation caused by transients’ lack of acculturation, and the resultant risks pos...