{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7223061978","doi":"https://doi.org/10.54254/2753-7064/2026.37830","title":"Home Found Me in the Feed: Constructing Ethnic Identity and Imagined Communities through Social Media by Internally Mobile Korean-Chinese Youth","display_name":"Home Found Me in the Feed: Constructing Ethnic Identity and Imagined Communities through Social Media by Internally Mobile Korean-Chinese Youth","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-10-20","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7223061978","doi":"https://doi.org/10.54254/2753-7064/2026.37830"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.54254/2753-7064/2026.37830","doi":"https://doi.org/10.54254/2753-7064/2026.37830","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.54254/2753-7064/2026.37830","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4387280458","display_name":"Communications in Humanities Research","issn_l":"2753-7064","issn":["2753-7064","2753-7072"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Communications in Humanities Research","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5082930103","display_name":"Siqi Pan","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6250-7147","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6250-7147"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I204983213","display_name":"Harbin Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/01yqg2h08","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I204983213"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Siqi Pan","raw_affiliation_strings":["Harbin Institute of Technology"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Harbin Institute of Technology","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I204983213"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5082930103"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I204983213"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.0,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"121","issue":"1","first_page":"None","last_page":"None"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11648","display_name":"Diaspora, migration, transnational identity","score":0.9990000128746033,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3317","display_name":"Demography"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11648","display_name":"Diaspora, migration, transnational identity","score":0.9990000128746033,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3317","display_name":"Demography"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13073","display_name":"China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations","score":9.999999747378752e-05,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13788","display_name":"Cultural Identity and Representation","score":9.999999747378752e-05,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3316","display_name":"Cultural Studies"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ethnic-identity","display_name":"ethnic identity","score":0.8730000257492065},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/imagined-community","display_name":"imagined community","score":0.8149999976158142},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/internal-migration","display_name":"internal migration","score":0.6470000147819519},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/educational-mobility","display_name":"educational mobility","score":0.800000011920929},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/social-media-use","display_name":"social media use","score":0.9470000267028809},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/digital-migration","display_name":"digital migration","score":0.7889999747276306},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ethnic-minority-youth","display_name":"ethnic minority youth","score":0.6990000009536743},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/korean-language-use","display_name":"Korean language use","score":0.7120000123977661},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/online-belonging","display_name":"online belonging","score":0.38499999046325684}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C137403100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41710","display_name":"Ethnic group","level":2,"score":0.8432000279426575},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778611045","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133004","display_name":"Diaspora","level":2,"score":0.6287999749183655},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.620199978351593},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107993555","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1662673","display_name":"Gender studies","level":1,"score":0.5773000121116638},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C518677369","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202833","display_name":"Social media","level":2,"score":0.5562999844551086},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C190248442","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q839486","display_name":"Qualitative research","level":2,"score":0.4788999855518341},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778355321","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17079427","display_name":"Identity (music)","level":2,"score":0.47380000352859497},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17632256","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1076968","display_name":"Digital media","level":2,"score":0.46149998903274536},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779018934","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1129653","display_name":"Everyday life","level":2,"score":0.38920000195503235},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C179454799","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q132151","display_name":"Ethnography","level":2,"score":0.3871999979019165},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77805123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161272","display_name":"Social psychology","level":1,"score":0.33719998598098755},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C29595303","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q165650","display_name":"Media studies","level":1,"score":0.33480000495910645},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C98447023","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1540351","display_name":"Social identity theory","level":3,"score":0.32030001282691956},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162446236","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q653137","display_name":"Content analysis","level":2,"score":0.31450000405311584},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C194943564","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1129049","display_name":"Participant observation","level":2,"score":0.3098999857902527},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779343474","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3109175","display_name":"Context (archaeology)","level":2,"score":0.3061000108718872},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3019221131","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55621107","display_name":"Lived experience","level":2,"score":0.28610000014305115},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778968369","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5105328","display_name":"Chose","level":2,"score":0.28029999136924744},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C130064352","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q853725","display_name":"Social relation","level":2,"score":0.2766999900341034},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C70036468","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131288","display_name":"Immigration","level":2,"score":0.27059999108314514},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777796293","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6887171","display_name":"Mobile media","level":2,"score":0.26330000162124634}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.54254/2753-7064/2026.37830","doi":"https://doi.org/10.54254/2753-7064/2026.37830","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.54254/2753-7064/2026.37830","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4387280458","display_name":"Communications in Humanities Research","issn_l":"2753-7064","issn":["2753-7064","2753-7072"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Communications in Humanities Research","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Reduced inequalities","score":0.4000000059604645,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/10"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2243851644","https://openalex.org/W2526713513","https://openalex.org/W2762094201","https://openalex.org/W2802580818","https://openalex.org/W4400420309","https://openalex.org/W7033371989","https://openalex.org/W7206216259","https://openalex.org/W4388847237","https://openalex.org/W4280572450","https://openalex.org/W4407292140"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Research":[0],"on":[1,9,31],"digital":[2,191],"media":[3,58],"and":[4,12,55,100,116,126,197,218],"migration":[5,11,192],"has":[6],"focused":[7],"mainly":[8],"transnational":[10,195],"diaspora.":[13],"Less":[14],"is":[15],"known":[16],"about":[17],"ethnic":[18,51,73,108,146,187],"minority":[19],"youth":[20],"who":[21,38,159],"move":[22],"within":[23],"one":[24],"country.":[25],"This":[26],"qualitative":[27],"case":[28],"study":[29,168],"draws":[30],"semi-structured":[32],"interviews":[33,61],"with":[34,96,136],"four":[35],"Korean-Chinese":[36,78],"students":[37,238],"left":[39],"the":[40,81,162,170],"places":[41,164],"where":[42],"they":[43],"grew":[44],"up":[45],"to":[46,118,156,175,239],"attend":[47],"university.":[48],"It":[49],"examines":[50],"identity,":[52],"hometown":[53,112,184],"belonging,":[54],"everyday":[56,84,242],"social":[57,92],"use.":[59],"The":[60,167,212],"were":[62,141],"analysed":[63],"thematically.":[64],"Participants":[65,104],"rarely":[66],"chose":[67],"or":[68,94,111,165],"shared":[69,225],"content":[70,128,153],"for":[71,209,236],"explicitly":[72],"reasons.":[74],"For":[75],"most,":[76],"being":[77],"remained":[79],"in":[80,90,107,145],"background":[82],"of":[83,180,206],"life,":[85],"becoming":[86],"more":[87],"noticeable":[88],"only":[89],"particular":[91],"situations":[93],"encounters":[95],"familiar":[97,119,151],"languages,":[98],"songs,":[99],"cultural":[101],"symbols":[102],"online.":[103],"nevertheless":[105],"differed":[106],"salience,":[109],"regional":[110],"attachment,":[113],"Korean-language":[114],"use,":[115],"responses":[117],"online":[120],"content.":[121],"Posts":[122],"from":[123,186],"existing":[124],"contacts":[125],"local":[127,152],"encountered":[129],"during":[130],"ordinary":[131],"browsing":[132],"helped":[133],"maintain":[134],"connections":[135,140],"home,":[137],"although":[138],"these":[139],"not":[142,222],"always":[143],"understood":[144],"terms.":[147],"In":[148],"some":[149],"cases,":[150],"led":[154],"participants":[155],"imagine":[157],"others":[158],"might":[160],"recognise":[161],"same":[163],"experiences.":[166,243],"introduces":[169],"term":[171],"\"hometown-based":[172],"imagined":[173],"community\"":[174],"describe":[176],"this":[177],"occasional":[178],"sense":[179],"connection.":[181],"By":[182],"distinguishing":[183],"belonging":[185,207],"identification,":[188],"it":[189],"extends":[190],"research":[193],"beyond":[194],"diaspora":[196],"shows":[198],"how":[199],"internal":[200],"educational":[201],"mobility":[202],"makes":[203],"different":[204,210],"forms":[205],"relevant":[208],"individuals.":[211],"findings":[213],"suggest":[214],"that":[215,224],"support":[216],"programmes":[217],"institutional":[219],"policies":[220],"should":[221,231],"assume":[223],"ethnicity":[226],"automatically":[227],"produces":[228],"community,":[229],"but":[230],"offer":[232],"flexible,":[233],"place-sensitive":[234],"opportunities":[235],"mobile":[237],"connect":[240],"through":[241]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-11-04T10:54:05.112534","created_date":"2026-10-21T00:00:00"}