Interaksioni në hapësirat publike virtuale (cyberspace) si mbështetje e realizimit të hapësirave shoqërore transnacionale
Interaction in cyberspace as a facilitator in creation of transnational social fields

Summary/Abstract: According to Faist, transnational social fields ‘refer to sustained ties of persons, networks and organizations across the borders across multiple nation-states, ranging from low to highly institutionalized forms...’.Internet has become a part of everyday life for most of people all around the world and therefore its impact has become a topic of interest for scholars of different fields. Some of the fields are focused in the study of this phenomenon and its impact from above, i.e. its ideological and economic power, while some are focused in its social and cultural impact observing from below, thus as practiced by wider social strata. In this paper from ethnological perspective, from below, will be analyzed the importance the cyberspace and media have among diasporans in preserving relations and ties with homeland, making it this way a relevant transnational space in which familial and cultural ties are cultivated. How is reflected their everyday life in these spaces? In what ways are confirmed their multiple cultural and social ties? The analysis will be based on the data collected from a number of conversations with Kosovo Albanian migrants, as well as through participant observation in some public virtual spaces such as YouTube and Facebook.

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