Geo-ethnic storytelling

Lin, Wan‐Ying; Song, Hayeon

doi:10.1177/1464884906065518

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“…As a consequence, media scholars call for a nuanced analysis of ethnic media given the media's heterogeneous nature of places of origin, locationspecific content and distribution pattern, as well as ownership status (Georgiou, 2001;Jeffres, 1999;Lin and Song, 2006;Shi, 2009;Zhou and Cai, 2002). The main argument points to the duality of online ethnic media -they foster migrant integration into the host society and simultaneously preserve ethnic culture and identity.…”

Section: Identity Construction Of Immigrants: the Role Of Ethnic Mediamentioning

confidence: 99%

Chinese-language Cyberspace, homeland media and ethnic media: A contested space for being Chinese

Yin

2013

New Media & Society

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This article investigates how the Chinese-language Cyberspace influences the identity construction of migrant netizens. Two dimensions of the Chinese-language Cyberspace are identified -homeland media and ethnic media. While ethnic media has been researched extensively, online homeland media is largely overlooked in academic research. Using Chinese migrants in New Zealand as a case study and combining the analyses of empirical data derived from interviews and online texts, this research argues that online homeland media is a potent factor in the construction of migrant identity and deserves more academic attention. It reinforces a sense of being 'authentic Chinese' among migrant netizens. Simultaneously yet in contrast, online ethnic media helps to reconstruct 'being Chinese' -as migrants and as an ethnic minority in the host country. The deterritorialised Chinese-language Cyberspace provides a virtual space where migrant identity is constantly negotiated between various factors of acquired Kiwiness and inherited and reconstructed Chineseness.

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Section: Identity Construction Of Immigrants: the Role Of Ethnic Mediamentioning

confidence: 99%

Chinese-language Cyberspace, homeland media and ethnic media: A contested space for being Chinese

Yin

2013

New Media & Society

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“…10 It expands framing research by adding geo-ethnic context variables that are missing in newsframing research. Taken together, framing and geo-ethnic context help to better illustrate how frames manifest in media texts.…”

Section: Framing Immigration: Geo-ethnic Context In California Newspamentioning

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Framing Immigration: Geo-Ethnic Context in California Newspapers

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Andsager

2011

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

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While immigration remained a prominent and divisive issue during the past century, 1 the debate has recently resurfaced as immigration numbers remain high. President Obama's DREAM Act, which sought to legalize undocumented immigrants living in the United States, was voted down in the Senate in December 2010. 2 The opposition has gained a sense of urgency as demographic trends show that whites will constitute a minority of the population by 2050. 3 Given that a region's ethnic composition may affect how stories are shared among its residents, 4 the purpose of this study is to examine how controversial immigration legislation was framed in California newspapers. This study will address the following broad research question: Does geo-ethnic context influence the frames that are most prominent in different regions' newspapers?California newspapers are ideal for examining this issue because of the state's large immigrant population, 5 its shared border with Mexico, and the state's unique role when it comes to immigration. Due in part to the state's long history with racial strife involving newcomers to the state 6 and because of the state's ballot initiative, which allows for legislation to be introduced by popular vote, 7 California serves as a "bellwether state in forecasting social change in the rest of the United States," especially for immigration. 8 We examined the news coverage in California daily newspapers of various sizes, each with a different geographic location and with different proportions of Latinos in each readership, to determine whether frames shift in accordance with those differences.In 2006, millions of immigrants protested against H.R. 4437, a new bill in Congress that threatened to treat undocumented immigrants as felons. Content analysis of news coverage of the bill reveals that frames of the restrictionist legislation varied based on race and geography of the surrounding community. These results suggest that geo-ethnic context, which has been studied in terms of communication infrastructure within communities, should be taken into account when trying to understand how an issue is framed, particularly when trying to explain and predict why and when certain frames might occur.

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“…Many are 'mom and pop' startups, published on a weekly or intermittent basis in languages other than English (or French), and distributed free of charge. Other ethnic media tend to resemble mainstream media, that is, sophisticated in operation, content, and distribution, employing sufficient resources to publish on a daily basis for profit (Lin and Song 2006). As well, ethnic media can be classified according to origins: To one side are homegrown ethnic media that are conveyed in either the native tongue or host country language or combination of both.…”

Section: Framing Ethnic and Aboriginal Mediamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Even coverage of negative news is framed differently. With ethnic media, intergroup conflict and community problems may be situated within a historical context that apportions blame to the system rather than minorities (Ojo 2006;Lin and Song 2006).…”

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