Mobile Turn Research Articles

Нарративный подход в исследовании миграции учителей

The article is devoted to the theoretical and methodological aspects of the study of teacher migration. It is worth noting that in Russia, the migration of teachers has not become a separate topic for research. Based on the analysis of modern approaches to migration and mobility, the strengths and weaknesses of the research strategies of “mobile turn” and “attachment to place” are revealed, the heuristic possibilities of quantitative and qualitative methodology in the study of teacher migration are revealed. The purpose of the article is to provide a rationale and a conceptual basis for research on the migration of teachers and graduates of pedagogical universities. The article identifies the causes, forms and consequences of teacher migration, as well as key trends characteristic of modern labor migration processes in the educational space of the Russian school, using a specially developed narrative interview technique. The article talks about the need to apply a narrative approach to the analysis of the communicative form of narration. The method of narrative interview was used in the mobile methodology as a “strategy of mixing methods” Go along and Recovery of memories, to study the social experience of the teacher and collect information about the place, time and situational circumstances of his migration. Today, a number of studies are presented in which there are changes in the interpretations of the study of migration, and which form the basis for new theoretical approaches to the study of migration processes.

Effectiveness of management practices in the field of professional mobility of Russian youth

This article analyzes and evaluates management practices in the field of professional mobility of Russian youth from the point of view of the effectiveness of the subjects of management of the system of professional mobility of youth (state, family, education, mass media, expert and professional communities). The study revealed that management practices in the field of professional mobility of young people are characterized by low efficiency and are mainly focused on eliminating the risks of professional mobility. Marked fragmentation of subjects of management system of professional mobility of youth in the conditions of crisis the main element of the system «education – labour market» and the crisis of the institution of education. Risks from the point of view of their detection and prevention is based on reducing the impact of environmental and activity-related risks in the process of professional self-determination and formation of young people not included in management strategies and programs, and even management practices focused on development of innovative methods and channels of professional mobility of young people (all-Russian competitions, projects) that have a real positive effect, have the character of local, fragmentary, not able to radically change the situation in this key area of life-realization of youth. In the end it is stated that a new approach is needed to the management of professional mobility of the youth, based on risk management professional mobility taking into account their nature, derived from the influence of environmental factors (global Informatization, «mobile turn», the crisis of the system of professional socialization, labour market, etc.), and activity expressed in the individualization of the social behavior of youth and a pronounced orientation at a multiple of professionalization and inter-occupational mobility.

ЭТАПЫ ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНОЙ МОБИЛЬНОСТИ РОССИЙСКОЙ МОЛОДЕЖИ В ЭПОХУ ГЛОБАЛЬНОЙ ИНФОРМАТИЗАЦИИ: ФАКТОРЫ РИСКА

The article proposes a strategy for studying the problem of professional mobility of Russian youth from the perspective of identifying risk factors that are formed at each stage of this process. Among them, the author highlights such as: professional self-determination (professional choice), professional education (training within the chosen specialty, profession) and professional adaptation (entering the profession in the labor market). The research concludes that, first, the professionalization of youth at all its stages is determined by the influence of the global factor of Informatization as a consequence of the paradigm shift in the socio-cultural dynamics of the modern world, otherwise called "mobile turn". This "turn" has significantly transformed the process of professionalization of young people and the concept of mobility, including professional mobility. And, secondly, Russian youth, included in the area of influence of the global process of forming a mobile world, is exposed to purely Russian factors of socio-cultural transformation, which is expressed in the crisis factors of the functioning of the system of professional socialization of youth and the spread of risks of social infantilization of youth. And in the professional development of young people, this negative process finds expression in the most direct way.

Making the 21st Century Mobile Journalist: Examining Definitions and Conceptualizations of Mobility and Mobile Journalism within Journalism Education

This paper considers new and old challenges to journalism production and education, focusing on the rising field of mobile journalism. The article examines how journalism schools are adapting to the increasing integration and proliferation of mobile technologies within journalism production and consumption, and the increasing trend to incorporate technical skills training within courses. In addition, it integrates the “mobilities paradigm” to insert questions about the social meanings and implications of the “mobile turn” within journalism and journalism education, exploring how mobile subjectivities are deeply embedded within and undergird mobile journalism and journalism education infrastructures. In all, while the technical skills of mobile journalism are important to training successful professional journalists, the analysis points toward a need for the re-definition and re-orientation of mobile journalism education toward the unequal power relations and broader and societal implications of mobile journalism whereby journalists’ labor is increasingly and contradictingly more precarious, immobile, and invisible than imagined within educational priorities.

Multilingualism, Multiculturalism, and Migration: A Critical Assessment

AbstractThis essay-review assesses what has been dubbed a hybrid or mobile turn in work on immigration, literature, and language. Analogous to a broader mobility turn in studies of migration, scholars in literature and linguistics emphasize the fluidity, hybridity, and mobility of migrants’ (multi-)lingual practices and literatures, aiming to challenge sedimented ideas about linguistic assimilation or nationalism and monolingualism. While finding merit in these works, this essay argues that celebrations of migrant multilingualism and linguistic hybridity also can work in tandem with the racialization, economic exploitation, and exclusion of migrants. This is because certain forms of migrant multilingualism become forms of human capital under neoliberalism, while other forms of linguistic diversity or fluidity are, at best, made illegible or, at worst, used to racialize otherwise ideal neoliberal migrant subjects. Tracing how arguments for linguistic fluidity and hybridity are folded into complex and stratified forms of neoliberal subjectivity, multiculturalism, and economic value, the essay illustrates the necessity of situating studies of immigrant language practices and language policy within broader political, economic and world-historical contexts such as global racial capitalism.

How Europe missed the mobile wave

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an interpretative framework for the high market capitalisation companies (unicorns) universe, especially with the deployment of the mobile internet. The paper attempts to account for this global trend and to describe its global setting (global data), and its various components. Design/methodology/approach This paper originates from a research meant to document the phenomenon of high market capitalisation companies (unicorns) through the investigation of a qualitative sample of companies. The paper is based on desk research, a review of literature, review of the technical journals and analysis of annual reports. Going beyond the observations gathered from the sample, the research found that the transformations of the mobile communications ecosystem could provide an adequate framework to understand and put in perspective this phenomenon. Findings The paper defined unicorns as information technology (IT)-based (software mostly but hardware as well) start-ups that bridge pent-up demand and supply through innovative services and products mostly rooted in the mobile internet wave and the opportunities it brings along. The paper shows that smartphones as games changers facilitate the entry of new players in the mobile markets coming either from the IT sector or from Asia, much to the detriment of the European Union (EU) industry grappling with legacy business models. These companies derived the most from a mobile-first approach and have an outstanding number of unicorns. The paper identifies a potential telecom policy failure especially in the EU: policies have been tilted towards the supply side, without enough consideration of demand. The paper suggests that the EU, after having lead the previous wave, may have missed the last one (mobile broadband) not only from a policy but also from an industry viewpoint. Research limitations/implications More research should be done to better investigate what might have been the causes of this apparently missed mobile turn in Europe. The paper deals mostly with the cases of Asia and the USA. As the paper concentrates on the issue of unicorns and mobile technology, some other aspects of the mobile markets may not be taken into account. Practical implications The paper suggests reconsidering some policies in the field, to better take into account the role of consumers and to improve the link with other policies like innovation policies. Social implications The paper attempts at giving a better understanding of the evolution of demand and its role in the making of some new services. The paper does not deal with other societal issues like privacy or data. Originality/value The main assumption about the role of the mobile internet can shed some light not only about related developments such as the app economy but also about the business and technological environment of an array of start-ups, some of them having reached impressive market capitalisation. The paper reveals how this mobile wave is reshuffling companies, sectors, and geographies. The paper provides one of the first analysis of the unicorn phenomenon.

The mobile turn in universal service: prosaic lessons and new ideals

Purpose – This paper aims to look at a key trend shaking up universal service policy around the world – the emergence of mobile and wireless technologies as a central feature of telecommunications and convergent media.Design/methodology/approach – The paper reviews the development of mobiles, and how they fit into the evolution of approaches to universal service. It then considers different facets of what mobiles represent for universal service, including the expansion of universal service, the relationship of access to universal service, spectrum management, and the user and innovation. The paper seeks to integrate these aspects into a consolidated account of what mobiles represent for universal service.Findings – The paper finds that mobiles are providing timely access to basic telecommunications, and so we need to reconfigure the apparatus of universal service to acknowledge and build upon this. It finds also that there is a strong case for building mobility into definitions of universal service. Accor...