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The interview approach is employed to gain young Chinese migrants' perceptions of their lived experience which shapes their internet-based media preferences and use habits. The textual analysis of user-generated contents provides complementary evidence regarding young migrants' communicative activities on social network sites and microblogging, illustrating the maintenance of social capital in different forms. Research findings show that the Chinese migrant youth employ all available means to connect with strong-tie contacts, whereas they only participate in the group-wide internet platform (e.g. Facebook, Renren) for weak tie maintenance. Findings also suggest that within different media contexts, young Chinese migrants consciously share their personal information and participate in reciprocal interactions so as to maintain the social networks of different tie strength in home and host country. This research argues that the internet connectivity has profoundly transformed the way that Chinese migrant youth dominate their personal social networks across the geographical and ethnic boundaries. These young migrants gain more control over the attainment of social capital - network development and resources acquisition - with the facility of the internet. The acquired social capital is crucial to addressing migrant youth's sociocultural adaptation and their transition from adolescence to adulthood at the same time. This thesis contributes to both studies of Chinese migrant youth and social capital research by providing insight into the impacts of the internet. Empirically, homeland online communication media has been identified as an essential component making up Chinese migrant youth's media landscape. 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The textual analysis of user-generated contents provides complementary evidence regarding young migrants' communicative activities on social network sites and microblogging, illustrating the maintenance of social capital in different forms. Research findings show that the Chinese migrant youth employ all available means to connect with strong-tie contacts, whereas they only participate in the group-wide internet platform (e.g. Facebook, Renren) for weak tie maintenance. Findings also suggest that within different media contexts, young Chinese migrants consciously share their personal information and participate in reciprocal interactions so as to maintain the social networks of different tie strength in home and host country. This research argues that the internet connectivity has profoundly transformed the way that Chinese migrant youth dominate their personal social networks across the geographical and ethnic boundaries. These young migrants gain more control over the attainment of social capital - network development and resources acquisition - with the facility of the internet. The acquired social capital is crucial to addressing migrant youth's sociocultural adaptation and their transition from adolescence to adulthood at the same time. This thesis contributes to both studies of Chinese migrant youth and social capital research by providing insight into the impacts of the internet. Empirically, homeland online communication media has been identified as an essential component making up Chinese migrant youth's media landscape. 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