Jennifer Nguyen Bernal
Professor Valverde
ASA 114
In the reading "Social Transformations from Virtual Communities'' explain how Vietnam connects to the world through virtual communications and communities. These communities were just an experiment at first but became a reality like VNforum. People who created these communities just wanted a way to express themselves on anything. The Vietnamese diaspora abroad who knew ICT helped Vietnam to communicate to the rest of the world through virtual communication. It's incredible to think that only a few people wanted to express their ideas to each other, but now everyone could connect. The VNFourm had form discussions on how to develop Vietnam between the Vietnamese and their diaspora. The Vietnamese diaspora has been longing to communicate with each other, their homeland, where their friends and families live. The Vietnamese community in America have prevented communication with Vietname since there were strong anti-communist feelings. Members of the diaspora use the internet to find communities that accept open dialogue of any matter. When virtual interface allowed Vietnamese and their diaspora to communicate with one another, which lead to events like the labor movement with the No Nike campaign. I was surprised the relationship between the Vietnamese and Vietnamese diaspora has improved due to movements like the No Nike movement. The internet has created a secure connection between and the Vietnamese and the Vietnamese diaspora despite the government's censorship. Vietnam was able to connect and build communities with the diaspora virtual leading them to come back to Vietnam.
Did the Vietnames government put censorship to prevent Vietnam and their disopra from communication to each other?
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