Information seeking, technology use, and vulnerability among migrants at the United States-Mexico border

• Published in: The Information society Vol. 32; no. 3; pp. 176 - 191
• Main Authors: Newell, Bryce Clayton, Gomez, Ricardo, Guajardo, Verónica E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Routledge 26.05.2016; Taylor & Francis LLC
• Subjects: Activism; Arid zones; Border Patrol; borders; Caching; Cellular telephones; Communication; Crime; Death & dying; Desert environments; Humanitarianism; immigration; information behavior; information practices; information seeking; Information seeking behavior; Information technology; Migrant workers; Migrants; Migration; mobile phones; Noncitizens; Surveillance; Technology utilization; undocumented; Undocumented immigrants; Vulnerability; Water supply; United States > US; Mexico

Through interviews with migrants and migrant aid-workers at a shelter in the border town of Nogales, Mexico, we examine how undocumented migrants are seeking, acquiring, understanding, and using information prior to, and during, migration across the United States-Mexico border. Our study examines mi...