Visual Storytelling as a Tool of Social Integration in Transnational Contexts

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Abstract

This article examines visual storytelling as a key mechanism of social integration in transnational contexts. Building on the increasing role of digital media and visual communication in migrant life, the study argues that storytelling through images and audiovisual formats enables migrants to construct, communicate, and negotiate identity across cultural and institutional boundaries.
The article analyzes how visual narratives function as tools of recognition, allowing individuals and communities to present themselves as coherent social actors within host societies. It further explores the role of visual storytelling in mediating public perception, shaping collective memory, and facilitating symbolic inclusion. Particular attention is given to the role of creative professionals, whose work operates at the intersection of media production and social transformation.
The study proposes that visual storytelling should be understood not only as a cultural practice but as a strategic form of communication that contributes to the restructuring of social relations in conditions of global mobility.

Keywords:

visual storytelling, migration, social integration, transnationalism, media, identity, communication, diaspora

Author:

  • Artur Sukhoiarskyi ORCID: 0009-0002-8018-813X

Peer Reviewers:

  • Yurii Savchuk — ORCID: 0009-0005-3147-5425
  • Aleksandra Voronina — ORCID: 0009-0004-3155-9824

DOI: pending

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