Digital diasporas and virtual social networks: an approach to the Cuban emigrant community in Miami, from the exploration of new spaces for interaction, production of meaning and sociability

Abstract

This article explores the Facebook virtual communities in which Cubans who have emigrated to Miami, Florida, in the United States interact. These communities are analyzed as expressions of the production of meaning of the Cuban digital diaspora, through the method of virtual ethnography and online interviews. The study approaches the main aspects of the migratory experience that Cubans share in these new spaces of interaction, as well as the main expectations and motivations they had to leave the country of origin.