Ezequiel Korin, Exploring Technological Communications amid the Diasporic Experience

Assistant Professor of Spanish Language Media Dr. Ezequiel Korin discusses his recent paper, Technological Bridging: Exploring the Use of Communications Technologies Amid the Diasporic Experience. The paper published this year in the Qualitative Inquiry journal is an auto-ethnographical research paper which posits that the shift to digital communication technology is making interactions between people in the diaspora and their families back home more transient; leading to a certain loss of identity that was present when communication involved material items. Korin grew up in Venezuela, after leaving Argentina at the age of one. He started out in engineering but soon became interested in communication as a human phenomenon, leading to his doctorate in Mass Communication and Media Studies at the University of Georgia. Throughout this episode, hosted and produced by Reynolds School graduate student Temi Durojaiye, Korin discusses the intractable problem of fake news, explores his youth growing up in Latin America, and gives advice to recent graduates of journalism and others interested in pursuing a career in the field.