Publications by Dana R. Herrera
Education About Asia, 2015
Southwestern Anthropological Association Conference Proceedings, 2015
Since 2004, eleven million people have established and maintained diasporic communities without l... more Since 2004, eleven million people have established and maintained diasporic communities without leaving their home countries: the player population of the massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft. While real-life populations will migrate to actual geographical locations, immigrants to virtual worlds redefine traditional notions of place, space and belongingness. This chapter argues that the on-line life of citizens inhabiting
Page 1. Do-it-yourself learning: Case Studies of Gaming as Education in Virtual Worlds András Mar... more Page 1. Do-it-yourself learning: Case Studies of Gaming as Education in Virtual Worlds András Margitay-Becht Dana R. Herrera Abstract: Fun is learning; this radical approach to education incorporates students' extracurricular ...
Periodica Polytechnica Social and Management Sciences, 2008
… Description of Complex …, 2008
Page 1. Permission to make digital/hard copy of part of this work for personal or classroom use i... more Page 1. Permission to make digital/hard copy of part of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that the copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage, the copyright notice ...
Lambda Alpha Journal, 1997
Conference Presentations by Dana R. Herrera
A recent work by Mirca Madianou and Daniel Miller coins the term 'polymedia' to describe not only... more A recent work by Mirca Madianou and Daniel Miller coins the term 'polymedia' to describe not only the variety of media through which people communicate but how these forms of new media are changing their relationships with each other, and technology. While they specifically focus upon recent examples of Filipina mothers living abroad and their relationships with their children in the Philippines, early scholars have offered other perspectives on technology and the Filipino diaspora. A seminal work by Emily Noelle Ignacio, for example, explores how computer mediated communications bring together Filipinos from around the world to discuss issues of identity and citizenship. Other studies examine the proliferation of mobile phones and SMS/text messaging between overseas workers and their families, the increase in the frequency of their communication, and how this influences family ties. '#OFW: Social Media and the Public Discourse Regarding Overseas Filipino Workers' builds on these, and other works, to analyse how social media users are shaping the public discourse of Filipinos in the diaspora (specifically, overseas Filipino workers). This paper examines who has access to different types of social media (e.g., Twitter, Instagram, etc.) and how the users’ public posts shape 'truths' about OFWs. What trends emerge from an analysis of both text and images? How do these specific patterns challenge, maintain, or reinterpret the discursive narrative offered by the Philippine government regarding OFWs? What is the relationship between polymedia, diaspora, and power?
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Publications by Dana R. Herrera
Conference Presentations by Dana R. Herrera