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Migration Research in a Digitized World: Using Innovative Technology to Tackle Methodological Challenges
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Abstract This open access book explores implications of the digital revolution for migration scholars’ methodological toolkit. New information and communication technologies hold considerable potential to improve the quality of migration research by originating previously non-viable solutions to a myriad of ... view more
This open access book explores implications of the digital revolution for migration scholars’ methodological toolkit. New information and communication technologies hold considerable potential to improve the quality of migration research by originating previously non-viable solutions to a myriad of methodological challenges in this field of study. Combining cutting-edge migration scholarship and methodological expertise, the book addresses a range of crucial issues related to both researcher-designed data collections and the secondary use of “big data”, highlighting opportunities as well as challenges and limitations. A valuable source for students and scholars engaged in migration research, the book will also be of keen interest to policymakers.... view less
Keywords
sample; online survey; quantitative method; Internet; data collection method; data quality; methodological research; mobility; migrant; survey; social media; migration policy; data; method; migration; survey research; refugee; data capture; migration research; data processing
Classification
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods
Free Keywords
Quantitative migration research; Available administrative sources; Forced migrants in the global North and South; General population surveys; Reliable quantitative information; Migratory flows and populations; Sampling and data collection; Intercultural differences; Survey design issues; Absence of suitable sampling frames; Target population; Internally displaced persons; Social networking sites; Internet survey; Data collection; Transnational human mobility
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
City
Cham
Page/Pages
XVII, 220 p.
Series
IMISCOE Research Series
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-01319-5
ISSN
2364-4095
ISBN
978-3-031-01319-5
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0
FundingThe publication was supported by the Open Access Publishing Fund of the Leibniz Association.