Mobile Communication and Low-Skilled Migrants’ Acculturation to Cosmopolitan Singapore

Rajiv Aricat is research fellow at the School of Social Sciences, NTU, Singapore.Rich Ling is Shaw Foundation Professor of Media Technology at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and adjunct at the University of Michigan.

• Chapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. Labor Migration and ICTChapter 3. Social Science of Technology Appropriation and ImpactChapter 4. Acculturation and Mobile CommunicationChapter 5. MethodsChapter 6. Mobile Phone AppropriationChapter 7. Acculturation and AdaptationChapter 8. ConclusionAppendixesReferencesAbout the Author

This is important, ground-breaking research on migrant workers’ use of mobile phones to acculturate into their host countries. Well written and so timely, the book contributes to our understanding of the role of mobile communication to potentially bridge intercultural divides. A must read!