Moldovan Diaspora&acute;s Social Networks: Political Mobilization and Participation

Ciobanu Rodica; Roşca Mariana

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CIOBANU, Rodica, ROŞCA, Mariana. Moldovan Diaspora´s Social Networks: Political Mobilization and Participation. In: Central and Eastern European eDem and eGov Days , Ed. 3, 21 septembrie 2020, Budapesta. Viena, Austria: Facultas Verlags- und Buchhandels, 2020, pp. 323-334. ISBN 978-3-7089-1956-0; 978-3-903035-27-0. ISSN 2520-3401. DOI: https://doi.org/10.24989/ocg.338.26

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Central and Eastern European eDem and eGov Days 2020

Conferința "Central and Eastern European eDem and eGov Days "
3, Budapesta, Ungaria, 21 septembrie 2020

Moldovan Diaspora´s Social Networks: Political Mobilization and Participation

DOI:https://doi.org/10.24989/ocg.338.26

CZU: 327.58:004(478)

Pag. 323-334

Ciobanu Rodica¹, Roşca Mariana²

¹ Moldova State University,
² Deusto University

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In the early 90s, the Republic of Moldova declared its independence and began to build a sovereign
state. The state construction was characterized by severe political, economic and social crises that
pushed many Moldovans to leave the country and look for a better life abroad. Once settled abroad,
many Moldovans kept in contact with their homeland via online platforms. Additionally, they began
to create online communities and social networks, and start using them as main tools to inform and
share the information, to debate the political situation at home and share some opportunities. Later
on, social networks became a place for political mobilization and a source of transnational influence
and transfer of innovation back home. Drawing on a qualitative analysis of diaspora´s social
networks the current article acknowledges their potential to engage and mobilize the political
participation of the Moldovan diaspora. Such a practice is an example of active engagement and
solidarity with the Moldovans back home and points out the decisive role that Moldovan diaspora
can play for the country of origin transformation. Therefore the article concludes that social networks
transcended their initial aim and transformed into a space of political mobilization and participation.