Adopting these strategies will enable the potential of diasporas to be realized in a way that is responsible, sustainable, and impactful, empowering those groups to contribute to peacebuilding, recove

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 4 representative gaps

• Examining the long-term effects of Apartheid’s Tribal Classification on ethnic tensions and political fragmentation in post-apartheid South Africa (2026) · doi

  A primary limitation of this research is its necessary reliance on secondary data, which precludes the incorporation of contemporary lived experiences and grassroots dynamics. To advance this field, future, high-impact research must prioritize empirical fieldwork. Specifically, multi-province or cross-tribe comparative studies employing mixed-methods research (qualitative and quantitative interviews) are needed to explore how socio-economic empowerment, political participation, and tribal identity are negotiated and perpetuated at the community level. Such studies should also explore these dynamics through cross-border comparisons to better understand the regional resilience of these colonial ethnic constructs. On digital tribalism, social media (WhatsApp, X/Twitter, Facebook) reinforces identity-based echo chambers and mis/disinformation (observed during South Africa’s 2024 elections) eroding trust and intensifying polarization; future research should employ digital ethnography and platform data access to align online narratives with offline ethnic cleavages. While desk‑based, the ubuntu–CRT synthesis uniquely proposes theory‑informed pathways for identity repair and institutional redesign—signposting priorities for future fieldwork (multi‑province ethnographies), mixed‑methods testing, and policy pilots that assess cohesion outcomes in former homeland areas (Poole et al., 2021; Ewuoso & Hall, 2019).

  Keywords: future identity dynamics fieldwork multi province cross mixed explore ethnic digital based primary limitation necessary
• Digital political communication of new-generation right-wing populists in the EU: a comparative analysis (2026) · doi

  Adopting these strategies will enable the potential of diasporas to be realized in a way that is responsible, sustainable, and impactful, empowering those groups to contribute to peacebuilding, recovery and development efforts globally. 1 ENHANCE DIGITAL LITERACY AND RESPONSIBILITY 2 ESTABLISH INCLUSIVE AND CONTEXT-SENSITIVE FRAMEWORKS FOR DIGITAL DIASPORA ENGAGEMENT 3 FOSTER SAFER DIGITAL ENVIRONMENTS THROUGH COMMUNITY- LED SAFEGUARDS AND PLATFORM ACCOUNTABILITY

  Keywords: digital adopting strategies enable potential diasporas realized responsible sustainable impactful empowering groups contribute peacebuilding recovery
• Navigating Digital Resilience: High-Skilled International Migrants’ WeChat Use During The 2022 COVID-19 Shanghai Lockdown (2026) · doi

  One major limitation of this study is the small number of participants ultimately recruited to recall their lockdown experiences, which may limit generalisability to other migrant communities and obscure heterogeneity within international migrant populations (e.g., gender and age). To address these issues in future research, it is recommended to implement a snowball sampling strategy that begins with a diverse set of initial contacts and motivates them to refer individuals across various backgrounds. This approach can better capture underrepresented groups and increase the overall sample size, thereby enhancing representativeness. While this study’s focus on WeChat extends literature on digital resilience and social media affordances, it overlooks international migrants’ broader cross-platform engagement and other enabling conditions of resilience, such as institutional and policy support. Future research can adopt comparative and polymedia approaches to better understand how digital resilience is developed across diverse digital media platforms and migrant groups. Additionally, building on the framing of social media as a language-learning environment and an intercultural space (Barrot, 2022), studies could further examine digital resilience and technological design from a multicultural perspective. Acknowledgement Statement: The authors would like to thank all participants who took part in this study. We also sincerely thank the anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments and suggestions, which greatly helped to improve the quality of this manuscript. Conflicts of interest: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. Authors contribution statements: Author 1 contributed to Conceptualisation, Methodology, Data collection, Formal analysis, and Writing–Original Draft, and Author 2 contributed to Conceptualisation, Methodology, Data collection, Formal analysis, and Writing–Review & Editing. Funding statements: The author(s) received no financial support for this article’s research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. Data availability statement: The interview data is not publicly available because it may contain information that could compromise the privacy of research participants. Ethical Consideration Statement: Ethical approval (Ref. 2024-19581-34334) was granted by the School Ethics Committee on 18 April 2024. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and contributor(s) and do not necessarily reflect JICC's or editors' official policy or position. All liability for harm done to individuals or property as a result of any ideas, methods, instructions, or products mentioned in the content is expressly disclaimed. Declaration of generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process: During the preparation of this work, the author(s) used ChatGPT for copy-editing. After using this tool/service, the author(s) reviewed and edited the content as needed and take(s) full responsibility for the content of the publication.

  Keywords: author digital resilience participants migrant media statement authors writing article content international future diverse individuals
• Digital witnessing of the Palestine crisis: Perceptions and emotional responses among Turkish university students (2026) · doi

  Recommendations for Practice: • Develop Digital Literacy Programs: Pro- grams should equip users not only with skills to identify misinformation but also to contextualization of user-generated testi- mony, and the protection of privacy and safety of those depicted. These guidelines should be developed collaboratively by platform administrators, journalists, edu- cational institutions, and civil society or- ganizations. understand how platform-level af- Suggestions for Future Research: fordances—algorithmic curation, content moderation, and visibility restrictions— shape what crisis-related content reaches them and how. Educational institutions and media organizations should collaborate to • Investigate Long-Term Affective Trajec- tories of Digital Witnessing: Longitudinal studies should examine the effects of con- tinuous exposure to traumatic content on integrate these competencies into media mental health. These studies should com- literacy curricula, with particular attention pare the impacts on users across different to the digital habits of university-age pub- age groups and demographic characteris- lics. • Establish Support Mechanisms for Man- aging Emotional Impacts: Support mecha- tics to see how sustained exposure affects emotional well-being and civic engage- ment across different levels and patterns nisms should be implemented in universi- of use. ties to manage the emotional effects expe- rienced during digital witnessing of human- itarian crises. These mechanisms should • Analyze the Role of Various Social Media Platforms to Analyze Algorithmic Sup- pression: Comparative analyses should ex- include psychological counseling services, plore the roles and effectiveness of differ- online support groups, and user guides. ent platforms in crisis communication. Re- Strategies for coping with traumatic con- search should examine how the unique tent should be developed, especially for us- features of each platform contribute to or ers frequently exposed to such material. • Promote Platform-Level Transparency and Accountability: Social media plat- forms should adopt clear and publicly avail- able policies governing content modera- tion, algorithmic prioritization, and visibility restrictions during politically asymmetrical crises. on takedowns and reduced visibility, along- side meaningful appeal mechanisms, is

  Keywords: digital platform content media algorithmic visibility support mechanisms emotional literacy users user developed institutions level