Chinese seafarers’ use of the Internet and social media to promote labor rights

IF 1.4 4区 社会学 Q3 DEMOGRAPHY Asian and Pacific Migration Journal Pub Date : 2023-11-23 DOI:10.1177/01171968231210327
Lijun Tang
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Research on seafarers and the Internet so far has focused primarily on Internet access onboard ships. It frames Internet access as a welfare issue concerning seafarers’ communication with their families. This paper expands the focus to examine how seafarers use the Internet and social media to build and extend their social networks for reciprocal support and solidarity. Taking a case study approach, this paper examines two cases of Chinese seafarers protecting their rights online. The data were collected from relevant Internet and social media sites in 2022. The two cases demonstrate that the Internet and social media provide social spaces for Chinese seafarers to expand their social networks and form online professional communities, which afford them new resources to defend their rights and protect their interests. In the context that the Chinese seafarers’ union does not function to represent and help seafarers in labor and employment matters, these resources are particularly salient.
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中国海员利用互联网和社交媒体促进劳工权益
迄今为止,有关海员和互联网的研究主要集中在船上的互联网接入方面。它将互联网接入作为一个涉及海员与家人沟通的福利问题。本文扩展了研究重点,探讨海员如何利用互联网和社交媒体来建立和扩展他们的社交网络,以实现相互支持和团结。本文采用案例研究的方法,研究了两个中国海员在线维权的案例。数据来自 2022 年的相关互联网和社交媒体网站。这两个案例表明,互联网和社交媒体为中国海员提供了拓展社交网络、形成网络职业社区的社交空间,为他们维权和保护自身利益提供了新的资源。在中国海员工会不能代表和帮助海员解决劳动和就业问题的情况下,这些资源显得尤为突出。
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期刊介绍: The Asian and Pacific Migration Journal (APMJ) was launched in 1992, borne out of the conviction of the need to have a migration journal originating from the region that would provide a regional perspective of migration. Users will be able to read any article published from 1992 to 2006, to search all the articles by words or keywords and to copy or print partially or fully any article.
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