Dr Beatrice Zani is a sociologist, permanent researcher at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), LISEDr Isabelle Cockel is Senior Lecturer in the University of Portsmouth.

‘A rich collection of essays that creatively combine media studies and migration studies. Putting migrants’ voices at the forefront, this volume shows the complex enmeshment of “real” and “virtual” worlds, and how it shapes the experiences of different affects and spaces. An essential contribution to studies of globalization and mobility.’ — Anne-Marie D’Aoust, Full Professor and Chairholder, Canada Research Chair on the Security Governance of Bodies, Mobility, and Borders, Department of Political Science, Université du Québec à Montréal

• Foreword; Maurizio Ambrosini; Introduction: An Emerging Field: The Fusion and Compression of the Online and Offline Worlds; Isabelle Cockel and Beatrice Zani; 1. Digital Work, the Compressed Individual, and Emotions in China; Laurence Roulleau-Berger; 2. Empowerment, Self-Reification and Economic Aspirations through Digital Media among Migrant Workers in Southern China; Pablo Ampuero-Ruiz; 3. Feminine Digital Entrepreneurship: The E-Commerce of Infant Milk Formula among Chinese Migrant Women in France; Yong Li; 4. Digital Connectivity and Migrant Entrepreneurship: Friendship, Intimacy and Commerce among Chinese ‘Connected’ Migrants in Canada and Taiwan; Beatrice Zani; 5. Gender, Self-Transformation and Digital Platforms: Female Taiwanese International Students’ Screen-Mediated Communication with their Parents; Amélie Keyser-Verreault; 6. When Digital Media Intersects with Queerness: Transnational Connectivity and the Sense of (Dis)Connectedness among Chinese Trans Women in Japan; Iris Issen; 7. Fusing Offline and Online Realities: The Negotiation of Sexualities among Male Vietnamese Migrants in Japan; An Huy Tran; 8. Reach Out When There Is No Way to Reach: Social Media and Migration Activism in Italy and East Asia; Beatrice Zani and Isabelle Cockel; Conclusion: The Compression of Social Time    Delphine Mercier, Pablo Ampuero-Ruiz, and Isabelle Cockel; Index

Dr Beatrice Zani is a sociologist, permanent researcher at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), LISEDr Isabelle Cockel is Senior Lecturer in the University of Portsmouth.

‘A rich collection of essays that creatively combine media studies and migration studies. Putting migrants’ voices at the forefront, this volume shows the complex enmeshment of “real” and “virtual” worlds, and how it shapes the experiences of different affects and spaces. An essential contribution to studies of globalization and mobility.’ — Anne-Marie D’Aoust, Full Professor and Chairholder, Canada Research Chair on the Security Governance of Bodies, Mobility, and Borders, Department of Political Science, Université du Québec à Montréal

• Foreword; Maurizio Ambrosini; Introduction: An Emerging Field: The Fusion and Compression of the Online and Offline Worlds; Isabelle Cockel and Beatrice Zani; 1. Digital Work, the Compressed Individual, and Emotions in China; Laurence Roulleau-Berger; 2. Empowerment, Self-Reification and Economic Aspirations through Digital Media among Migrant Workers in Southern China; Pablo Ampuero-Ruiz; 3. Feminine Digital Entrepreneurship: The E-Commerce of Infant Milk Formula among Chinese Migrant Women in France; Yong Li; 4. Digital Connectivity and Migrant Entrepreneurship: Friendship, Intimacy and Commerce among Chinese ‘Connected’ Migrants in Canada and Taiwan; Beatrice Zani; 5. Gender, Self-Transformation and Digital Platforms: Female Taiwanese International Students’ Screen-Mediated Communication with their Parents; Amélie Keyser-Verreault; 6. When Digital Media Intersects with Queerness: Transnational Connectivity and the Sense of (Dis)Connectedness among Chinese Trans Women in Japan; Iris Issen; 7. Fusing Offline and Online Realities: The Negotiation of Sexualities among Male Vietnamese Migrants in Japan; An Huy Tran; 8. Reach Out When There Is No Way to Reach: Social Media and Migration Activism in Italy and East Asia; Beatrice Zani and Isabelle Cockel; Conclusion: The Compression of Social Time    Delphine Mercier, Pablo Ampuero-Ruiz, and Isabelle Cockel; Index

Dr Beatrice Zani is a sociologist, permanent researcher at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), LISEDr Isabelle Cockel is Senior Lecturer in the University of Portsmouth.

‘A rich collection of essays that creatively combine media studies and migration studies. Putting migrants’ voices at the forefront, this volume shows the complex enmeshment of “real” and “virtual” worlds, and how it shapes the experiences of different affects and spaces. An essential contribution to studies of globalization and mobility.’ — Anne-Marie D’Aoust, Full Professor and Chairholder, Canada Research Chair on the Security Governance of Bodies, Mobility, and Borders, Department of Political Science, Université du Québec à Montréal

• Foreword; Maurizio Ambrosini; Introduction: An Emerging Field: The Fusion and Compression of the Online and Offline Worlds; Isabelle Cockel and Beatrice Zani; 1. Digital Work, the Compressed Individual, and Emotions in China; Laurence Roulleau-Berger; 2. Empowerment, Self-Reification and Economic Aspirations through Digital Media among Migrant Workers in Southern China; Pablo Ampuero-Ruiz; 3. Feminine Digital Entrepreneurship: The E-Commerce of Infant Milk Formula among Chinese Migrant Women in France; Yong Li; 4. Digital Connectivity and Migrant Entrepreneurship: Friendship, Intimacy and Commerce among Chinese ‘Connected’ Migrants in Canada and Taiwan; Beatrice Zani; 5. Gender, Self-Transformation and Digital Platforms: Female Taiwanese International Students’ Screen-Mediated Communication with their Parents; Amélie Keyser-Verreault; 6. When Digital Media Intersects with Queerness: Transnational Connectivity and the Sense of (Dis)Connectedness among Chinese Trans Women in Japan; Iris Issen; 7. Fusing Offline and Online Realities: The Negotiation of Sexualities among Male Vietnamese Migrants in Japan; An Huy Tran; 8. Reach Out When There Is No Way to Reach: Social Media and Migration Activism in Italy and East Asia; Beatrice Zani and Isabelle Cockel; Conclusion: The Compression of Social Time    Delphine Mercier, Pablo Ampuero-Ruiz, and Isabelle Cockel; Index