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Mobile Phones as Survival Tools for Refugees
Journal Articles and Chapters
1. Alencar, A. (2020). Mobile communication and refugees: An analytical review of
academic literature. Sociology Compass, 14(8), e12802.
https://doi.org/10.1111/soc4.12802
2. Alencar, A., Kondova, K., & Ribbens, W. (2019). The smartphone as a lifeline: An
exploration of refugees’ use of mobile communication technologies during their flight.
Media, Culture & Society, 41(6), 828–844. https://doi.org/10.1177/0163443718813486
3. Dekker, R., Engbersen, G., Klaver, J., & Vonk, H. (2018). Smart Refugees: How Syrian
Asylum Migrants Use Social Media Information in Migration Decision-Making. Social
Media + Society, 4(1), 2056305118764439. https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305118764439
4. Díaz Andrade, A., & Doolin, B. (2019). Temporal enactment of resettled refugees’
ICT‐mediated information practices. Information Systems Journal, 29(1), 145–174.
https://doi.org/10.1111/isj.12189
5. Drolia, M., Papadakis, S., Sifaki, E., & Kalogiannakis, M. (2022). Mobile Learning
Applications for Refugees: A Systematic Literature Review. Education Sciences, 12(2),
96. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci12020096
6. Eide, E. (2020a). Mobile Flight: Refugees and the Importance of Cell Phones. Nordic
Journal of Migration Research, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.33134/njmr.250
7. Eide, E. (2020b). Mobile Flight: Refugees and the Importance of Cell Phones. Nordic
Journal of Migration Research, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.33134/njmr.2508. Gaved, M., & Peasgood, A. (2017). Fitting in Versus Learning: A Challenge for Migrants
Learning Languages Using Smartphones. Journal of Interactive Media in Education,
2017(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.5334/jime.436
9. Gillespie, M., Osseiran, S., & Cheesman, M. (2018). Syrian Refugees and the Digital
Passage to Europe: Smartphone Infrastructures and Affordances. Social Media +
Society, 4(1), 2056305118764440. https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305118764440
10. Harney, N. (2013). Precarity, Affect and Problem Solving with Mobile Phones by Asylum
Seekers, Refugees and Migrants in Naples, Italy. Journal of Refugee Studies, 26(4),
541–557. https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/fet017
11. Kaufmann, K. (2018). Navigating a new life: Syrian refugees and their smartphones in
Vienna. Information, Communication & Society, 21(6), 882–898.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2018.1437205
12. Keusch, F., Leonard, M. M., Sajons, C., & Steiner, S. (2021). Using Smartphone
Technology for Research on Refugees: Evidence from Germany. Sociological Methods &
Research, 50(4), 1863–1894. https://doi.org/10.1177/0049124119852377
13. Madianou, M., & Miller, D. (2011). Mobile phone parenting: Reconfiguring relationships
between Filipina migrant mothers and their left-behind children. New Media & Society,
13(3), 457–470. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444810393903
14. Mancini, T., Sibilla, F., Argiropoulos, D., Rossi, M., & Everri, M. (2019). The opportunities
and risks of mobile phones for refugees’ experience: A scoping review. PLOS ONE,
14(12), e0225684. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225684
15. Wall, M., Otis Campbell, M., & Janbek, D. (2017). Syrian refugees and information
precarity. New Media & Society, 19(2), 240–254.
https://doi.org/10.1177/146144481559196716. Zijlstra, J., & Liempt, I. V. (2017). Smart(phone) travelling: Understanding the use and
impact of mobile technology on irregular migration journeys. International Journal of
Migration and Border Studies, 3(2/3), 174. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMBS.2017.083245
17. Alencar, A. (2020). Mobile communication and refugees: An analytical review of
academic literature. Sociology Compass, 14(8), e12802.
https://doi.org/10.1111/soc4.12802
18. Göransson, M. B., Hultin, L., & Mähring, M. (2020).
‘The phone means everything. Mobile phones, livelihoods and social capital among Syrian refugees in informal tented
settlements in Lebanon. Migration and Development, 9(3), 331–351.
https://doi.org/10.1080/21632324.2020.1746029
Books and Book-Length Reports
19. Beckles Willson, R. (2021). Migration, music and the mobile phone: A case study in
technology and socio-economic justice in Sicily. Ethnomusicology Forum, 30(2),
226–245. https://doi.org/10.1080/17411912.2021.1939088
20. Gillespie, M., Ampofo, L., Cheesman, M., Faith, B., Iliadou, E., Issa, A., Osseiran, S., &
Skleparis, D. (2016). Mapping Refugee Media Journeys: Smartphones and Social Media
Networks. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.15633.22888
21. Ponzanesi, Sandra. Migrant Belongings: Digital Practices and the Everyday. Migrant
Belongings: Digital Migration Practices and The Everyday (Abstracts and Bios)Policy Briefs and Official Reports
22. Jumbert, Maria Gabrielsen; Rocco Bellanova & Raphaël Gellert (2018) Smart Phones for
Refugees: Tools for Survival, or Surveillance?, PRIO Policy Brief, 4. Oslo: PRIO.
23. Hannides, T., Bailey, N., & Kaoukji, D. (2016). Voices of Refugees: Information and
Communication Needs of Refugees in Greece and Germany. BBC Media Action.
24. Loh, T. (2016). Digitizing Refugees: The Effect of Technology on Forced Displacement.
25. UNHCR. (2016). Connecting refugees: How internet and mobile connectivity can
improve refugee well-being and transform humanitarian action. United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees
26. Hannides, T., Bailey, N., & Kaoukji, D. (2016). Voices of Refugees: Information and
Communication Needs of Refugees in Greece and Germany. BBC Media Action.
27. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations Children’s Fund, &
World Food Programme. (2017). Vulnerability assessment of Syrian refugees in Lebanon
(VASyR 2017). United Nations.
28. Paz Alencar, A. (2022). Technology Can Be Transformative for Refugees, but It Can Also
Hold Them Back. Migration Policy Institute.
29. Ennaji, M. (2021). Mobile phones: An indispensable tool for migrants. The UNESCO
Courier, 2021(4), 20-21.
30. UNHCR, Global Trends: Forced Displacement in 2022 (2023),
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