Belonging here and there: How social media affect the transnational lives of Spaniards in Iceland

Author:

Valsdóttir Sigrún K1ORCID,Lubbers Miranda J2

Affiliation:

1. University of Iceland, Iceland; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain

2. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain

Abstract

Following the economic crisis of 2008–2014, the number of Spaniards in Iceland has quintupled. This study explores how young, highly qualified Spanish migrants in Iceland adopt social media to become embedded in Iceland and to maintain relationships in Spain, and how it affects their sense of belonging. For this aim, semi-structured interviews were held in 2017–2018 with 29 Spaniards residing in Iceland, and their personal networks were analyzed. We found that migrants who felt they belonged to both Spain and Iceland had more social relationships in Iceland and used more social media platforms to sustain their local and transnational networks compared with migrants who felt they belonged nowhere or only in Spain. Not only did they extend their repertoires with new social media, they also adapted how they used platforms to the media environment in Iceland. In this way, social media facilitated a sense of local and transnational belonging.

Funder

Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats

Háskóli Íslands

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Sociology and Political Science,Communication

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