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Heinz Bonfadelli | Media Use of Ethnic Minority Youth
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In families from a migrant background, there is less conversation between
children and parents about the print media than in Swiss families. But young
immigrants talk with their siblings or peers just as much as Swiss youths do.
Adolescents of migrant background talk about new media (internet,
programming etc.) primarily to friends and siblings, whereas Swiss pupils also
mention the father as an important interlocutor; this is probably a result of the
different occupational background of Swiss fathers and their computer and
internet skills.
The limited amount of discussions on the media between young people
and their parents in migrant families also seems to be a consequence of
language differences in the media content used: Parents of migrant families use
media more frequently in their mother tongue, whereas their children often
use them in German, which complicates conversations about media.
5. Main Findings
In response to our questions concerning access to and use of media, the major
findings (to a great extent corroborated by similar findings in other research)
were as follows:
- Except for TV and satellite TV, the ownership of media devices is more
widespread in Swiss families than in families from an immigrant
background. At the same time, it can be stated that youthsβ own access
to new media is higher among the immigrants; but immigrant families do
not own as many computers as their Swiss counterparts. As we have
seen above, this means that parents of immigrant background offer their
children access to ICT, but without using it themselves. In addition,
ownership of print media (books, subscriptions to newspapers &
magazines) is lower among families of immigrant background.
- Young people of immigrant background spend more hours watching
TV, whereas how frequently they watch TV does not differ from the TV
habits of the native Swiss. The segment of those who do not use the
internet at all is higher among the immigrants, but, on the average, young
people from an immigrant background spend more time online than
Swiss youngsters. Although there are no differences between Swiss
youths and others concerning the use of magazines and newspapers,
students of immigrant background read books less frequently and fewer
hours per week.
- With regard to identity-formation processes, our qualitative data illustrate
how young people actively use friends or relatives or role models from
Media β Migration β Integration
European and North American Perspectives
- Title
- Media β Migration β Integration
- Subtitle
- European and North American Perspectives
- Authors
- Rainer Geissler
- Horst PΓΆttker
- Publisher
- transcript Verlag
- Date
- 2009
- Language
- English
- License
- CC BY-NC-ND 3.0
- ISBN
- 978-3-8376-1032-1
- Size
- 15.0 x 22.4 cm
- Pages
- 250
- Keywords
- Integration, Media, Migration, Europe, North America, Sociology of Media, Sociology
- Category
- Medien