Social media challenges and affordances for international students: Bridges, boundaries, and hybrid spaces

J Sleeman, C Lang, N Lemon - Journal of Studies in …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Many higher education institutions around the world are increasingly motivated to
incorporate social media for pedagogical benefit. At the same time, many institutions are …

Negotiating everyday life in Australia: Unpacking the parallel society inhabited by Asian international students through their social networks and entertainment media …

C Gomes - Journal of Youth Studies, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Work on the experiences of international students in Australia often point out that these
students do not successfully integrate into Australian society with many international …

Culture learning theory and globalization: Reconceptualizing culture shock for modern cross-cultural sojourners

EM Pacheco - New Ideas in Psychology, 2020 - Elsevier
Culture shock has long been of great concern regarding the wellbeing and mental-health of
international sojourners. Over the last three decades, the world has experienced rapid …

Foreign-born Chinese students learning in China:(Re) shaping intercultural identity in higher education institution

Y Hu, K Dai - International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 2021 - Elsevier
With the trend of globalization, promising development in China has attracted a growing
number of descendants of Chinese immigrants who choose to return to China to pursue …

Digital journeys: A perspective on understanding the digital experiences of international students

S Chang, C Gomes - Journal of International Students, 2017 - books.google.com
The authors in this conceptual paper draw on the literature on information seeking behavior,
social media use, and international student experiences to propose Digital Journeys as a …

Social media, learning and connections for international students: The disconnect between what students use and the tools learning management systems offer

J Sleeman, C Lang, E Dakich - Australasian Journal of Educational …, 2020 - ajet.org.au
With the increased focus on the use of digital platforms to facilitate teaching and learning
comes the challenge of creating connections between international students and their new …

“How can you make friends if you don't know who you are?” A qualitative examination of international students' experience informed by the Social Identity Model of …

NWK Ng, SA Haslam, C Haslam… - Journal of Community & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This paper explores the contribution of social identity change to international students'
health and well‐being. International students typically face a range of challenges from the …

Identity continuity protects academic performance, retention, and life satisfaction among international students

T Cruwys, NWK Ng, SA Haslam… - Applied Psychology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
International students transitioning to university undergo dramatic changes in social identity,
with a need to adapt to a new culture, language, environment, and way of living. This paper …

Friendship networks and encounters in student-migrants' negotiations of translocal subjectivity

S Robertson - Urban Studies, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper explores the complex intersections between place, friendship networks and
encounters, and the development and negotiation of 'translocal subjectivities' for student …

From way across the sea: Information overload and international students during the COVID‐19 pandemic

S Chang, D McKay, N Caidi, A Mendoza… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This panel examines the interaction between being a transient migrant, using international
students as a salient example, and information behaviors in a time of COVID‐19. We …