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Digital Games in Terms of Migrants’ Transnational Relations and Social Cohesion: A Study on Turkish Immigrants

Göçmenlerin Ulusötesi İlişkileri ve Sosyal Uyumu Açısından Dijital Oyunlar: Türkiyeli Göçmenler Üzerine Bir İnceleme

Enes Demirel(ANKARA HACI BAYRAM VELİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, EDEBİYAT FAKÜLTESİ, SOSYOLOJİ BÖLÜMÜ, SOSYOLOJİ ANABİLİM DALI)0000-0003-2446-4523
Miki Suzuki Him(ONDOKUZ MAYIS ÜNİVERSİTESİ, FEN-EDEBİYAT FAKÜLTESİ, SOSYOLOJİ BÖLÜMÜ, SOSYOLOJİ ANABİLİM DALI)0000-0002-1426-8695
Pages
481–512
Publication Date
2023-12-30
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The findings of this study show that digital games could help migrants both maintain social relations before migration and build new relations beyond borders, while also making their social adaptation easier.

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Objective & Hypothesis:For individuals, the migration process brings about significant changes, encompassing both physical and social dimensions.
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Key Findings & Data:Immigrants, who are born and live far from their native land, tend to maintain their relations with their homeland while trying to adapt to the community to which they migrated.
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Conclusion & Impact:The findings of this study show that digital games could help migrants both maintain social relations before migration and build new relations beyond borders, while also making their social adaptation easier.
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⚙️Variables:Dijital oyunlar · Ulusötesicilik · Göçmen uyumu

Abstract

For individuals, the migration process brings about significant changes, encompassing both physical and social dimensions. Immigrants, who are born and live far from their native land, tend to maintain their relations with their homeland while trying to adapt to the community to which they migrated. It is known that new technological phenomena, such as the Internet or social media, play an important role in aiding migrants both maintain their transnational relations with their homeland and adapt to their new communities. One of these new technological devices is digital gaming. While digital games are increasingly becoming a part of people’s lives, very few studies have been conducted to understand migrants’ experiences of digital games. This study focuses on understanding migrants’ experience in playing digital games and examines the potential of digital games in promoting transnational relations and aiding social adaptation in their new countries. Employing qualitative methods, this study interviews 10 participants who are citizens of the Republic of Turkey. These participants have lived abroad for at least one year or are still living abroad and are keenly interested in digital games. The findings of this study show that digital games could help migrants both maintain social relations before migration and build new relations beyond borders, while also making their social adaptation easier.

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Göç süreci fiziksel olduğu kadar sosyal açıdan da birtakım önemli değişiklikleri beraberinde getirmektedir. Doğup büyüdüğü yerden ayrılarak başka bir ülkeye yerleşen uluslararası göçmen, bir yandan göç ettiği ülkedeki sosyal yaşama uyum sağlamaya çalışırken bir yandan da anavatanıyla olan ilişkilerini sürdürme eğilimindedir. Son yıllarda internet ya da sosyal medya gibi yeni teknolojik araçların, göçmenlerin hem anavatanlarıyla ulusötesi bağlantılarını sürdürmeleri hem de göç ettikleri ülkelerdeki sosyal yaşama uyum sağlamaları konusunda önemli rol oynayabileceği bilinmektedir. Bu yeni teknolojik araçlardan birisi de dijital oyunlardır. Dijital oyunlar her geçen gün daha fazla insanın hayatına dahil olmasına karşın, göçmenlerin dijital oyun deneyimlerini anlamaya yönelik çok az çalışma yapılmıştır. Bu çalışmada göçmenlerin dijital oyun deneyimlerine yoğunlaşılmakta, dijital oyunların göçmenlerin ulusötesi ilişkilerine ve göç edilen ülkedeki sosyal yaşantıya uyumu konusunda sağladığı imkânlar incelenmektedir. Niteliksel yöntemle yürütülen çalışmada; Türkiye Cumhuriyeti vatandaşı olan, yurt dışında en az bir yıl yaşamış ya da hala yaşamakta olan, dijital oyunlarla yakından ilgilenen on katılımcıyla görüşülmüştür. Elde edilen bulgular, dijital oyunların ulusötesi sosyal alanlar yaratarak ulusal sınırların dışındaki mevcut ilişkileri sürdürme ya da yeni sosyal ilişkiler kurma konusunda önemli katkılarının olabileceğini, ayrıca göçmenlerin sosyal uyumunu kolaylaştırabileceğini göstermektedir.

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Demirel, E., Him, M. S. (2023). Digital Games in Terms of Migrants’ Transnational Relations and Social Cohesion: A Study on Turkish Immigrants. İstanbul Üniversitesi Sosyoloji Dergisi, Cilt: 43 Sayı: 2, 481–512. https://doi.org/10.26650/SJ.2023.43.2.0060

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