TRANSNATIONAL COMMUNITIES IN THE SMARTPHONE AGE

Transnational Communities in the Smartphone Age The Korean Community in the Nation39s Capital examines the durable ties immigrants maintain with the home country and focuses in particular on their transnational cultural activities In light of changing technologies especially information and communication technologies ICTs which enable a faster easier and greater social and cultural engagement with the home country this book argues that middleclass immigrants such as Korean immigrants in the WashingtonBaltimore region sustain more regular connections with the homeland through cultural rather than economic or political transnational activities Though not as conspicuous and contentious as other forms of transnational participation cultural transnational activities may prove to be more lasting and also serve as a backbone for maintaining longerlasting connections and identities with the home country