Bio
Dr. Perla Aizencang-Kane is a researcher at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) within the Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales. She specializes in the study of diasporas, transnationalism, and the sociology of migration, specifically exploring the impact of digital media and social networks on contemporary migratory practices and political empowerment.
Experience
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
- Present • Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y SocialesResearch
Digital Diasporas: Rethinking Transnational Belonging, Space, and Citizenship in the Digital Age
Article
February 12, 2026
This article aims to explore a new conceptual dimension shaped by contemporary experience. Specifically, it examines the influence of mass media in general, and the emergence of the Internet and the use of social networks in particular, on the formation and articulation of new forms of diaspora: digital diasporas. While classical definitions of diaspora have […]
