Maren Borkert|Karen Fisher|Eiad Yafi
The Best, the Worst, and the Hardest to Find: How People, Mobiles, and Social Media Connect Migrants In(to) Europe
Technische Universität Berlin|University of Washington|Newcastle University|Åbo Akademi University|University of Kuala Lumpur
displaced people migrating europe highly complex information needs journey destination new need presents problems seek information trust distrust information financial costs outcomes receiving poor false information cause bodily harm death loss family financial ruin aim make two major contributions first provide rich insights digital literacy information needs strategies among syrian iraqi refugees entered europe 2015 topic rarely dealt literature second seek change dominant perspective migrants refugees passive victims international events policies showing capacities skills navigate complex landscape information border regimes en route europe building research zaatari refugee camp jordan surveyed 83 arab refugees two centers berlin analyses address refugees temporal information worlds focusing importance difficulty finding specific information migrants identify mis disinformation roles information technology mediaries findings illustrate digital capacities refugees employ journey europe show social support via social media highlight need radical shift thinking researching migration digital age