We are delighted to announce the publication of issue 257 (2026/3) of the journal Réseaux, entitled Digital Technology and Migration, edited by Laura Odasso and Sarra Chaïeb.
Overview
Matchmaking in Chechen and Ingush communities in Europe; the delayed reconnection of the Russian-speaking Jewish diaspora in France; transnational marital and parenting practices among retired people from West Africa; access to supplementary pension rights in France; the virtual construction of self-identity by young Iraqi Yazidis to gain access to migration programmes in the United States; and the work of undocumented meal delivery drivers in Paris – all offer, in this issue of Réseaux, original insights into digital practices before, during and after migration and settlement. Through research employing a variety of methods and interdisciplinary approaches that take into account the intrinsic nature of social relationships, this issue explores how digital tools weave and reconfigure emotional ties – whether familial, communal or national, and whether real or imagined – in the context of mobility. Three cross-cutting themes – age and generational relationships, access or lack of access to rights, and social, family and digital norms – contribute to the existing literature linking migration and digital technology. The contribution of this issue lies in its analysis of digital tools, which prove to be a relevant empirical approach and a useful heuristic tool, in that they enable us to measure the consequences of public policies – such as policies on belonging – which define the boundaries of inclusion and thus of belonging, within a rapidly changing technological and political environment.
Contents
Digital Technology and Migration
- By Laura Odasso and Sarra Chaïeb
Practices and norms of online matchmaking in Chechen and Ingush communities in Europe
- By Agathe Guy and Kristina Kovalskaya
Delayed digital reconnection. The last Soviet generation, Facebook and the belated re-establishment of transnational ties amongst Russian-speaking Jews in France
The Flows of Love: Digital Marital and Parental Relationships Among West African Retirees in France
E-migrants: the pressure on older immigrants to stay connected
- By Armèle Cloteau and Hannah Bramekamp
The project of exile disrupted by the virtual world. An investigation into the Facebook self-presentation strategies of men caught up in the conflicts in Iraq
Research note
‘Anyway, I’m stuck here.’ Delivery work as a means of retaining workers in terms of time, space and administrative status
Reading notes
Sébastien BROCA, Caught in the Web: From the Utopia of the Internet to Digital Capitalism, Paris, Seuil, 2025, ‘Liber’ series, 284 pp.
Seok-Kyeong HONG, On the Road with BTS, Paris, Decrescenzo Éditeurs, 2024, 286 pp.
- By Woojin Na
Françoise DAUCÉ, Benjamin LOVELUCK and Francesca MUSIANI, The Rise of Digital Authoritarianism: Repression and Resistance on the Internet in Russia, 2012–2022, Paris, Presses des Mines, 214 pp.
Catherine BOUKO, Images and Civic Expression: Communicating Emotions and Opinions on Social Media, De Boek Supérieur, 2024, 288 pp.
Robert GORWA, *The Politics of Platform Regulation: How Governments Shape Online Content Moderation*, New York, Oxford University Press, 2024, ‘Oxford Studies in Digital Politics’ series, 237 pp.