Voluntas
Volume 30, Issue 5, 2019, Pages 947-961

Associations of Migrants in Spain: An Enquiry into Their Digital Inclusion in the “Network Society” in the 2010s (Article)

Uzcanga C.* , Oiarzabal P.J.
  • a Universidad de La Rioja, Avda. de la Paz, 93, Logroño, 26006, Spain
  • b Human Rights Institute, University of Deusto, Avenida de las Universidades 24, Bilbao, 48003, Spain

Abstract

This paper explores the way that associations of migrants in Spain (AMS) in the 2010 decade integrate into the Network Society by analyzing how they use information and communication technologies (ICTs), while looking at the potential implications of those technologies for fostering their social capital. To what extent are AMS using ICTs? To what degree is the use of those technologies improving their social capital? Original research of eighty-five associations of the largest migrant communities in Spain, i.e., Romanian, Moroccan, Ecuadorian, Colombian and Bolivian, in twenty-three municipalities in five Spanish regions, is presented here. The analysis focuses on the factors that influence the use of ICTs by AMS, such as the representatives’ technological skills, and on the relation that this use may have on their social capital, such as the construction of collaborative digital ecosystems that may positively enhance their ties with the host society. © 2019, International Society for Third-Sector Research.

Author Keywords

Immigration in Spain Network society Social capital Associations of migrants Information and communication technologies

Index Keywords

Spain immigration policy social capital migrants experience information and communication technology network analysis immigrant population

Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85074193078&doi=10.1007%2fs11266-019-00162-z&partnerID=40&md5=4c26b8a5c9ae3a8c5dadc29ceec3dd22

DOI: 10.1007/s11266-019-00162-z
ISSN: 09578765
Original Language: English