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Millennials from Abidjan, Lagos, Tunis, and Lahore surfing the internet for @ better life in Europe through Italy
February 5, 2020 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Location
3310 Turlington Hall
Brief Intro
Francesco Petricone, Holy Cross University
CES Lunchtime Symposium – This ongoing comparative, cross-national project investigates the use of the Internet and communication apps like Whatsapp by millennials from African and Asian countries. Specifically, we focus on 18-25 years old youth in Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Tunisia, and Pakistan, who are imagining #@ better life” in Europe after the 2011 Arab Spring. The research is mainly based on a survey in English and French, which was conducted online by an international team of researchers based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast; Lagos, Nigeria; Tunis, Tunisia; and Lahore, Pakistan. We compare results with a similar survey conducted with a sample of millennials in Italy (Rome, Milan, and Florence) and the US (Portland, ME; Sacramento, CA; New York, NY; and Chicago, IL).
