Online hafu Japanese communities : the uses of social networking services and their impact on identity formation

This study examines how Social Networking Services (SNS) are used to form ethnic communities among hafu (Half Japanese) and the impact they have on identity formation. Hafu is the most common term in Japanese used to refer to people who have two different ethnic backgrounds. The term originated from...

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Main Author: Evanoff, Elia
Published: London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London) 2010
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.599981