The Second Generation’s Discovery of Transnational Politics via Social Media
The Second Generation’s Discovery of Transnational Politics via Social Media

Author(s): Necdet Coşkun Aldemir
Subject(s): Politics, Media studies, Communication studies, Migration Studies, Inter-Ethnic Relations, ICT Information and Communications Technologies, Globalization
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: transnational politics; politics; social media; migrants; digital technologies;
Summary/Abstract: The term “transnational politics” first began to emerge in the literature in the early 1970s with a focus on the changing patterns in the world politics and strategic linkages between states and non-state actors (see: Rosenau, 1969; Kaiser, 1971). Even in these early diagnoses, it was presupposed that there had been a growing -cultural, financial and political- interaction between diverse actors in the societies of different nation-states. Without a doubt, within the contemporary global processes that call into question the sovereignty of the nation-states, which are conceptualized as “denationalization” (Sassen, 1996; 2003) or “postnational” model (Soysal, 1994), transnational politics is much more influential in today’s global political conjuncture and its importance is increasingly growing. The changing conditions of current global politics empower the positions of NGOs, interest groups and non-state actors and signify the emergence of new players in the global political arena. Within this context, migrants’ transnational political practices gain particular significance and not only do they now more directly affect the way in which home countries’ policy-making processes are shaped, but they also have a considerable impact on the positionalities of the countries of residence and on the global public opinion at large.

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