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Aleksandra Grzymala-Kazlowska

social media activity of some individuals, interviewees’ self-presentation can also have an impact on what participants say while being interviewed, so this problem should not preclude using the Internet material when it is adequately handled. On the other hand, the Internet might facilitate spontaneity in expressing views, due to a stronger feeling of anonymity and less social pressure (Bargh et al. 2002 ). It might foster openness while at the same time giving a feeling of privacy (Ben-Ze’ev 2003 ) Selecting the textual material was a multi

in Rethinking settlement and integration
Aleksandra Grzymala-Kazlowska

aggression in relation to me but I have always had complexes’ (PL06/w/partner in UA/5y2m). Sofija's quote illustrates the relationality of positionality, according to which Ukrainian migrants were relatively better treated than migrants from more distinct, particularly non-European, states. However, even though being constructed as relatively close and accepted, Ukrainians’ local belonging and established status were challenged, as this social media entry manifests: I had a feeling

in Rethinking settlement and integration
Aleksandra Grzymala-Kazlowska

referred to their homelands, the military conflict in Ukraine constituted the unique point of reference in the Ukrainian participants’ interviews. The sense of physical danger related to the political situation and military conflict and their destructive power was also apparent in texts posted in the analysed social media, as the following example illustrates: ‘It is mainly not about counting money but about an opportunity for being a free and happy man in a normal country and every morning waking up in a bed with your own wife and children without anxiety and fear, so

in Rethinking settlement and integration