Relationshift: Transnational Spousal Communication In The Age Of New Media

• Main Authors: de Jesus, Gerard Angelo, Intervalo, Adeline, Osorio, Maria Jeriesa, Vincent , Mark Sing
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: P87-96 Communication. Mass media
• Online Access: http://eprints.usm.my/32014/1/Gerard_Angelo_de_Jesus%2C_Adeline_Intervalo%2C_Maria_Jeriesa_Osorio_%2C_Mark_Vincent_Sing_.pdf; http://eprints.usm.my/32014/; http://www.icmcc2015.usm.my/

This study takes a look at returning OFWs (Overseas Filipino Workers) from labor migration and their overall communication with their left-behind spouses. Aside from the migrant spouse’s return, the study also takes a look at how the shift from mediated to face-to-face communication becomes a factor that affects the relationship between the spouses. This study also investigates labor migration in the Philippines, how labor migration affects power relations between spouses, and the role of a migrating parent to a child. The lack in studies focusing on the interpersonal communication between a returning migrant spouse and left-behind spouse is addressed. More importantly, this study looks at how interpersonal communication is affected by the mediated communication of spouses prior to the return of the migrating spouse.