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"The way in which families maintain long distance communication when they are separated because of migration has been revolutionised by the emergence of a variety of internet- and mobile phone-based platforms. These platforms have created a new communicative environment, which the authors call 'polymedia'. This book draws on a long-term ethnographic study of prolonged separation between transnational Filipino migrant mothers in the UK and their left-behind children in the Philippines. It is unique in the way it provides firstly a theory of the new experience of media itself, as polymedia. This is complemented by a theory of relationships based on an analysis of mother-child communication. The authors seek to go beyond both media studies and anthropology to construct a new theory of mediated relationships that combines findings from both disciplines and has considerable importance for the social sciences more generally."--Publisher's description.

Migration. Refugees --- Computer. Automation --- Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- Mass communications --- Maatschappelijk werk --- Migratie --- Sociaal werk --- Children of foreign workers --- Communication in families --- Communication, International --- Foreign workers, Filipino --- Interpersonal communication --- Women foreign workers --- Foreign women workers --- Women alien labor --- Migrant women labor (Foreign workers) --- Migrant women workers (Foreign workers) --- Women migrant labor (Foreign workers) --- Women migrant workers (Foreign workers) --- Foreign workers --- Women employees --- Communication --- Interpersonal relations --- Alien labor, Philippine --- Filipino foreign workers --- Foreign workers, Philippine --- Philippine foreign workers --- International communication --- World communication --- Communication in the family --- Family communication --- Families --- Children of alien laborers --- Foreign workers' children --- Family relationships --- Technological innovations --- Social aspects --- Travailleurs étrangers philippins --- Travailleuses étrangères --- Enfants de travailleurs étrangers --- Communication dans la famille --- Communication interpersonnelle --- Communication internationale --- Famille --- Grande-Bretagne --- Philippines --- Innovations --- Aspect social