Mobile phone appropriation and migrant acculturation : a case study of an Indian community in Singapore

This research explores how the mobile phone appropriation patterns of an Indian migrant group in Singapore are linked to acculturation strategies. The circular model of mobile phone appropriation was adopted to investigate aspects of usage and handling, prestige and social identity, and metacommunic...

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Main Authors: Aricat, Rajiv George, Karnowski, Veronika, Chib, Arul
Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
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Language:English
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85426
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/48205
https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/3081/1426
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-854262019-12-06T16:03:34Z Mobile phone appropriation and migrant acculturation : a case study of an Indian community in Singapore Aricat, Rajiv George Karnowski, Veronika Chib, Arul Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information Appropriation Acculturation DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication This research explores how the mobile phone appropriation patterns of an Indian migrant group in Singapore are linked to acculturation strategies. The circular model of mobile phone appropriation was adopted to investigate aspects of usage and handling, prestige and social identity, and metacommunication. Following a pluralistic-typological approach, acculturation patterns identified relate to migrants’ maintenance of cultural identity and relationships with the Singaporean host society. In-depth interviews among 33 low-skilled male migrants from an Indian Malayali migrant community reveal that the four appropriation types convenience seeker, experimenter, group communicator, and tabula rasa were linked to three acculturation types observed: culture campaigner, culture connoisseur, and culturally petrified. Published version 2019-05-15T03:51:26Z 2019-12-06T16:03:34Z 2019-05-15T03:51:26Z 2019-12-06T16:03:34Z 2015 Journal Article Aricat, R. G., Karnowski, V. & Chib, A. (2015). Mobile phone appropriation and migrant acculturation : a case study of an Indian community in Singapore. International Journal of Communication, 9(1), 2221-2242. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85426 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/48205 https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/3081/1426 en International Journal of Communication © 2015 (Rajiv George Aricat, Veronika Karnowski, & Arul Chib). Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd). Available at http://ijoc.org. 22 p. application/pdf
institution Nanyang Technological University
building NTU Library
country Singapore
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language English
topic Appropriation
Acculturation
DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication
spellingShingle Appropriation
Acculturation
DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication
Aricat, Rajiv George
Karnowski, Veronika
Chib, Arul
Mobile phone appropriation and migrant acculturation : a case study of an Indian community in Singapore
description This research explores how the mobile phone appropriation patterns of an Indian migrant group in Singapore are linked to acculturation strategies. The circular model of mobile phone appropriation was adopted to investigate aspects of usage and handling, prestige and social identity, and metacommunication. Following a pluralistic-typological approach, acculturation patterns identified relate to migrants’ maintenance of cultural identity and relationships with the Singaporean host society. In-depth interviews among 33 low-skilled male migrants from an Indian Malayali migrant community reveal that the four appropriation types convenience seeker, experimenter, group communicator, and tabula rasa were linked to three acculturation types observed: culture campaigner, culture connoisseur, and culturally petrified.
author2 Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
author_facet Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
Aricat, Rajiv George
Karnowski, Veronika
Chib, Arul
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author Aricat, Rajiv George
Karnowski, Veronika
Chib, Arul
author_sort Aricat, Rajiv George
title Mobile phone appropriation and migrant acculturation : a case study of an Indian community in Singapore
title_short Mobile phone appropriation and migrant acculturation : a case study of an Indian community in Singapore
title_full Mobile phone appropriation and migrant acculturation : a case study of an Indian community in Singapore
title_fullStr Mobile phone appropriation and migrant acculturation : a case study of an Indian community in Singapore
title_full_unstemmed Mobile phone appropriation and migrant acculturation : a case study of an Indian community in Singapore
title_sort mobile phone appropriation and migrant acculturation : a case study of an indian community in singapore
publishDate 2019
url https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85426
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/48205
https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/3081/1426
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