이주여성의 디지털 경험: 스코핑 리뷰를 통한 국제 연구 동향과 시사점 (Digital Experiences of Migrant Women: Insights from a Scoping Review of International Studies)

최수안 (Choi, Sooan)

doi:10.14431/jaw.2025.12.64.3.109

Digital Experiences of Migrant Women: Insights from a Scoping Review of International Studies

아시아여성연구
2025, 64(3), pp.106~146
DOI : 10.14431/jaw.2025.12.64.3.109
Publisher : Research Institute of Asian Women
Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Gender Studies
Received : October 14, 2025
Accepted : December 11, 2025
Published : December 30, 2025

Choi, Sooan ¹

¹건국대학교 미래의일연구소

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ABSTRACT

This study emphasizes the need to move beyond fragmented views of digital experiences in multicultural societies where digital technologies are pervasive. Migrant women experience digital lifeworlds at the intersection of gender and migration, yet domestic research remains limited. To address this, a scoping review of 19 international studies was conducted using the ‘access-use-engagement’ framework. Findings show that migrant women’s digital experiences are shaped through the interaction of access, use, and engagement, along with individual, sociocultural, technological, and transnational dimensions. Three implications for Korean research are highlighted: reflecting diverse characteristics of migrant women; adopting critical digital literacy to uncover gendered dynamics; and pursuing multidimensional perspectives that include sociocultural and transnational contexts. This study offers a foundation for advancing research on migrant women’s digital experiences in Korea.

KEYWORDS

migrant women, digital transformation, digital lifeworld, digital experience and gender, scoping review

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