Concluding Comments

Abstract

Across various chapters of the book, the significance of social networking as a sociological tool, especially in the course of regional transnationalism has been projected. Contemporary relevance of identifiable social network pattern has been juxtaposed with what it used to represent in the process of human interaction. Routinely, it has been, hitherto, assumed that it is the attributes of individual actors within a social configuration that matter in determining the nature and the outcomes of associated interactive process. Rather, this study has affirmed that the attributes of individuals are less important than their relationships and ties with other actors within the network group. This standpoint has been useful in explaining the day-to-day experiences of a cross-border network group like the Ejigbo-Yoruba (Nigerians) vis-à-vis the process of identity construction within the host society and the home society.