Watching soap opera in the diaspora: cultural proximity or critical proximity?

Georgiou, Myria

doi:10.1080/01419870.2011.628040

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“…The concept of cultural proximity was introduced by Straubhaar (1991) to account for the persistent success of national and regional media products vis-à-vis global ones, especially those produced in Hollywood (Georgiou, 2012). According to Strabhaar, cultural proximity refers to "nationally or locally produced material that is closer to and more reinforcing of traditional identities, based in regional, ethic, dialect/language, religious, and other elements" (p. 51).…”

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The effects of television viewing, cultural proximity, and ethnocentrism on country image

Yoo¹,

Jo²,

Jung³

2014

soc behav pers

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We explored the effect of viewing Korean drama miniseries television programs, along with cultural proximity and ethnocentrism, on Japanese and Chinese television watchers' perceptions of Korea. By conducting a survey in Beijing and China with 621 valid samples, we confirmed the effect of viewing Korean drama miniseries television programs in shaping a positive attitude toward Korea. Furthermore, this positive attitude yielded higher levels of behavioral intentions such as visiting Korea or buying Korean products. Cultural proximity was also found to be a significant variable in predicting positive attitudes toward Korea. However, contrary to the findings in previous studies, in this study the effect of ethnocentrism was not significant.

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Section: Cultural Proximitymentioning

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The effects of television viewing, cultural proximity, and ethnocentrism on country image

Yoo¹,

Jo²,

Jung³

2014

soc behav pers

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“…On one hand, as this paper has shown through the examples of the cultural activity of members of the Latvian diaspora in Germany, culture and popular music is associated with abstract national values. Georgiou (2012) describes it as the development of cultural proximity via the appropriation of culture from the country of origin.…”

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Cultural and Media Identity Among Latvian Migrants in Germany

Sūna

2019

IMISCOE Research Series

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This chapter explores how transnational media and culture impacts on the identity formation of recent Latvian migrants in Germany. In the context of the EU, Germany opened its labour market to the new EU countries rather late, when compared to other ‘old’ EU countries. This has had an effect on the composition of the group of Latvian migrants going to Germany, and their identities. In the light of this, this chapter examines how Latvian migrants in Germany feel and experience their belonging to Latvia and its culture. It analyses the social and communicative practices crucial for the development of belonging, including the rootedness in the country where they live and the cultural references that are important for them. The evidence for the analysis in this chapter comes from in-depth interviews, open media diaries and network maps of Latvian migrants in Germany. The chapter situates the description of evidence in the framework of cultural identity concepts and discusses the role of culture and media in the process of building migrant identity. The chapter argues that culture is shaping the transnational self-perception of Latvian migrants in Germany – as it provides collective narratives of imagined common frames of references, and confirms feelings of belonging and distinction.

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“…In this regard, homeland media practice—especially news checking—provided innovative ways for these tempv migrants to manage transnational anxieties and stress. As Georgiou (2012) observes in her analysis of Arab audiences in Europe, “strategies to manage risk and uncertainty” (p. 307) have also become increasingly mediated.…”

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Searching for Ontological Security via Homeland Media Use: The Case of Korean Temporary Visa-Status Migrants in the United States

Lee

2018

Journal of Communication Inquiry

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Temporary visa-status migrants initially might be perceived as emancipated mobilities who are privileged enough to enter and exit the United States without taking any major risks. This article examines the struggles involved in the experiences of the Korean temporary visa-status migrants living in the United States, and especially the role of media in their transnational everyday lives. Using a quasi-ethnographic approach by conducting qualitative interviews with 40 Korean visa-status migrants, this article argues that the homeland media, both television and Internet, sustain “ontological security” throughout the radical transitions, feeling of “existential outsideness,” and transnational insecurities and precariousness. The study offers a helpful insight in both understanding the contemporary dispersed audiences and contextualizing different migrant positions within the easily lumped category of mobile elites or cosmopolitans.

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Watching soap opera in the diaspora: cultural proximity or critical proximity?

Cited by 40 publications

References 14 publications

The effects of television viewing, cultural proximity, and ethnocentrism on country image

The effects of television viewing, cultural proximity, and ethnocentrism on country image

Cultural and Media Identity Among Latvian Migrants in Germany

Searching for Ontological Security via Homeland Media Use: The Case of Korean Temporary Visa-Status Migrants in the United States

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