Alencar Amanda, Deuze Mark
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Eur J Commun. 2017 Apr;32(2):151-166. doi: 10.1177/0267323117689993. Epub 2017 Feb 3.
This study investigates the functions of news media in shaping acculturation experiences of new economic and refugee immigrants in the Netherlands and Spain. Focus group data revealed that consumption of host country news media was mainly connected to immigrants' deliberate strategies to assimilate the culture, politics and language of the host society, while exposure to transnational news was viewed in terms of strategies of integration in both countries. We also observed that participants' educational background and language skills combined with their perceptions of the host country's news have an impact on the use they make of news for assimilating and/or integrating into the host society. Finally, important sociopolitical conditions of the context influenced the ways participants use the news media in their process of acculturation.
本研究调查了新闻媒体在塑造荷兰和西班牙新经济移民及难民移民的文化适应经历方面的作用。焦点小组数据显示,消费东道国新闻媒体主要与移民融入东道国社会文化、政治和语言的刻意策略相关,而接触跨国新闻在两国都被视为一种融入策略。我们还观察到,参与者的教育背景和语言技能,以及他们对东道国新闻的认知,会影响他们利用新闻来融入东道国社会的方式。最后,背景中的重要社会政治状况影响了参与者在文化适应过程中使用新闻媒体的方式。