Dr Earvin Charles B. Cabalquinto is an Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow and a Lecturer in Communication at Deakin University. He is a member of the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation. He is the author of “(Im)mobile Homes: Family Life at a Distance in the Age of Mobile Media” (Oxford University Press). He is also the co-author of “Philippine Digital Cultures: Brokerage Dynamics on YouTube” (Amsterdam University Press). He specialises in digital media, mobilities, migration, and ageing.