Culture-specific features as determinants of news media use

The digital divide among young people in Brussels: Social and cultural influences on ownership and use of digital technologies

“…To measure language ability it was asked how often the ethnic minority youth speak their language of origin as well as French or Dutch with their parents, siblings and friends, assuming that languages that are spoken more often are also mastered better: 78 percent of non-natives (and 75.6 percent of the Turks and Moroccans) spoke either Dutch or French more often. Questions about homeland orientation were based on statements by Van Heelsum (1997; see also Gezduci and d'Haenens, 2007) relating to the dimensions of cultural identity. Subjects had to indicate the extent to which they regarded themselves as members of a non-native community and the extent to which they perceived themselves as being regarded and/or treated primarily as members of an ethnic minority community by the majority.…”

“…The differentiation hypothesis claims that sociological variables continue to be important predictors, including for the digital generation. Earlier research on young people Livingstone and Helsper, 2007;d'Haenens et al, 2007;Van Ingen et al, 2007;Hargittai and Hinant, 2008) shows that the differentiation hypothesis is more plausible than the diffusion hypothesis, also among young people.…”

“…At the same time, digital citizenship risks becoming a monocultural citizenship, one which is only accessible to the ethnic majority. Research (Servaes and Heinderyckx, 2002;Korupp and Szydlik, 2005;d'Haenens et al, 2007) documents that ethnic minorities are one of the high-risk groups for being left out of the information society. The continuation of digital deprivation among ethnic minorities contradicts the political rhetoric on equal access to our modern information society.…”

Incorporating Self-Categorization Concepts Into Ethnic Media Research

“…Ethnic media content has been conceived as an independent variable affecting a number of cognitive and behavioral responses. It also has been positioned as a dependent variable, resulting from socioeconomic, cultural, and psychological factors, among others (Bonfadelli, Bucher, & Piga, 2007; Gezduci & D’Haenens, 2007; Kim, 2003). In fact, the prevailing characterization of most media content is as an intervening variable that mediates reasons for attending to media with effects or outcomes of media use.…”

A semi-public diasporic space: Turkish film screenings in Belgium

“…Although Turkish diasporic media consumption has received relatively much attention, research has focused on satellite television in particular, which is very popular among the diasporas (Gezduci and D'Haenens, 2007;Hopkins, 2004;Karanfil, 2007;Ogan, 2001). Several studies found watching television to be the main leisure activity among Europeans of Turkish origin (Ş imşek Caglar, 2002, p. 301).…”