Communication Methods
A form of communication that many mid-twentieth century migrants relied upon.
What are letters?
A common reason limiting the contact Italian migrants have with their home country.
What are economic restraints?
This event spurned mass migration by Italian citizens in the mid-twentieth century.
What is World War II?
In the present day, many migrants and their descendants are relying upon these formats to contact their relatives and friends overseas.
What is Twitter/WhatsApp/Facebook/Skype/Texting?
A frequently cited reason for migration.
What is employment opportunity?
Interviews and oral histories are an example of this research method.
What is autoethnography?
These can make scheduling communication difficult for migrants.
What are time zones?
Communication and connection between Iranian and Pakistani relatives are impeded upon by these two measures.
What are political sanctions and visas?
A mixed dialect spoken by Italian immigrants in Canada.
What is Italo-Canadese/Italiese?
Digital communication between Iranian relatives may be complicated for this reason.
What is censorship?
These lexical developments can challenge a migrant's ability to communicate with people in their homeland after spending time in their new country of residence.
What is slang?
This is often cited as a reason for one's inability to understand or speak an ethnic dialect -- as well as the inability to identify with one's country of ethnic origin -- in comparison to older relatives.
What is generational difference?