Key insights:
🔑 Public mobility as a driving force to PR, to relationship formation/disruption, & to our social networks
🔑 Migrant experiences as central to understanding societal dynamics
🔑 Pivotal role of civil society orgs in supporting communities facing transnational mobility

Thank you to those who have seen me work on this project for 3+ years, the leading scholars who provided commentary in this monograph issue, and the participants willing to share insights with a young researcher ✨

Theory takeaways? The mobile social network ecology provides an inclusive framework to understand:
⭐️ Public relationships in a transnational context
⭐️ Migration & mobility as not just physical movement - they redefine relationships, alter power structures, & shape social networks across borders

With migration increasingly politicized and migrant communities marginalized in tangible & symbolic ways, this work looks at how transnational mobility shapes livelihoods & the public relationships that define us as a society through the case of Afghan refugees in the US

Happy to send the full activity your way too!

My hope though is that it comes at a point where we can really consider writing as mass-produced versus meaningful and thinking of writing as both art and skill

Tough to say! The assignment (and discussion of AI) come toward the end of the semester after they’ve spent weeks learning the PR writing formats, expectations, etc. so they’ve had to be pretty engaged with the writing overall 😂

I’ve done one where they need to use AI for producing multiple versions of an announcement for different channels (broadcast, social, etc) but am grappling with how to add a more critical perspective and element to AI this semester

It’s only a matter of time 😂😂

Don’t sell yourself short - you may have to deal with stories of your dad trending again 😂

I'm going too long here but the point is folks being silenced, harassed, etc in spaces claiming to be part of the public sphere is not new; folks leaving to create their own alternative spaces for deliberation is not new; this is the reality of public struggles over communication, power & difference

Gotta admit credit goes to Tom 😂