Digital Diasporas: Rethinking Belonging, Space, and Citizenship in the Digital Age
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 traditionally emphasized dispersion and uprootedness, the concept of digital diaspora signals the emergence of new forms of immediacy and proximity among co-nationals living in different geographical locations.
The article analyzes the intersection between migrants’ everyday practices and the digital sphere, highlighting how digital spaces have transformed dynamics of belonging, identity, and solidarity within diasporic communities. Finally, it examines the expansion of the concept of citizenship in the digital realm, where social networks play a central role in the construction of social capital and the political empowerment of diasporas.
