Howard Journal of Communications
Volume 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 93-106

Acculturation, communication, and the U.S. mass media: The experience of an iranian immigrant (Article)

Keshishian F.*
  • a Department of Media Studies, Queen College of the City University of New York, Flushing, NY, United States

Abstract

Through an autobiographical approach this study examines the critical role communication plays in acculturation. It argues that the mass media can play a contradictory role in the complex process of immigration: both facilitating as well as impeding that process. Focusing on the migration of Iranians to the United States, following the 1979 revolution there, the author shows that media characterizations and personal stereotyping can be traumatizing. © 2000 Taylor & Francis.

Author Keywords

International students Iranian Immigrants Autobiographical Research Media Stereotyping Acculturation

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Link
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DOI: 10.1080/106461700246643
ISSN: 10646175
Cited by: 27
Original Language: English