Media Uses in Immigrant Families

Torn between 'Inward' and 'Outward' Paths of Integration

Bibliographic Data

ID12898752
AuthorsNelly Elias (0000-0002-2891-3827, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, corresponding author), Dafna Lemish (0000-0001-6166-0692, Tel Aviv University)
Year2007
Volume70
Issue1
Pages21-40
Publication date2007-12-18
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Communication Gazette (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1748-0485 • E-ISSN: 1748-0493
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1748048507084576
OpenAlexW2046621596
LanguageEN
Citations received28
References cited23

This study examines the roles of the different media — those in the host language, those in the mother tongue and those of the global media — in the lives of immigrant children and adolescents from the former Soviet Union in Israel, at a time when they are coping with complex and unique personal and social challenges as a result of the immigration process and the need to solidify a new identity. In addition, the study looks at the parents' role in their children's media choices and the roles fulfilled by the media in immigrant family conflicts and in bridging intergenerational gaps

Coping (psychology · Immigration · Political science · Social media · Sociology · Soviet union · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Social Psychology