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Countering isolation with the use of technology: how asylum-seeking detainees on islands in the Indian Ocean use social media to transcend their confinement

Kate CoddingtonGeography Department, Syracuse University, 144 Eggers Hall, Syracuse, NY13244, USA
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Alison MountzBalsillie School for International Affairs, Wilfrid Laurier University, 67 Erb Street West, Waterloo, ONN2L 6C2, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 97-112 | Published online: 25 Apr 2014

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