"Experiences of African Student Migrants in Moscow": Understanding the Uses of Digital Technologies for Social Services during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Autor/inn/en	Anamoa-Pokoo, Standhope; Urzha, Olga Alexandrovna; Sika-Bright, Solomon; Badasu, Delali Margaret
Titel	"Experiences of African Student Migrants in Moscow": Understanding the Uses of Digital Technologies for Social Services during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Quelle	In: Cogent Education, 9 (2022) 1, Artikel 2095883 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Anamoa-Pokoo, Standhope)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
DOI	10.1080/2331186X.2022.2095883
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Migrants; College Students; Social Services; Technology; COVID-19; Pandemics; Student Experience; Multimedia Materials; Electronic Publishing; Information Technology; Computer Mediated Communication; Russia (Moscow); Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Migrantin; Collegestudent; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste; Technologie; Studienerfahrung; Elektronisches Publizieren; Informationstechnologie; Computerkonferenz; Afrika
Abstract	The COVID-19 pandemic has attracted a plethora of research from medical-related disciplines other than sociological and migration disciplines . While a significant number of research papers have considered the impacts of the COVID-19 lockdowns and school closures on students, their observations are not directly applicable to the over 5.3 million international students across the globe. The purpose of this study is to understand how African Student Migrants (ASMs) used technologies for social services during the COVID-19 pandemic in Moscow. This study adopted a qualitative research approach to understand the use of digital technologies for social services among 40 ASMs sampled through purposive and snowballing techniques. The findings established that, the use of digital technologies by ASMs played an instrumental role in social services such as accommodation, learning and purchasing patterns rather than social communication, religious or cultural practices, psychological and physical health, and dieting during the COVID-19 pandemic. For policy-level recommendations, tech-savvy developers, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations Educational Science and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the African Union (AU) should collaborate and create digital technologies that are suitable for social services; devise an information platform to capture basic information about ASMs that will enable them to streamline welfare stimulus packages essential to their survival in times of pandemics. This will also serve as a coping mechanism for society to prepare for new social emergencies and use digital technologies to calibrate international education and inform future policies on public health, school closures and mobility beyond borders. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01