Asian and Pacific Migration Journal
Volume 27, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 148-165

Multicultural digital media practices of 1.5-generation Korean immigrants in Canada (Article)

Yoon K.*
  • a University of British Columbia Okanagan, Canada

Abstract

Drawing on qualitative interviews conducted in Toronto, Canada, this study examines how the young adult children of Korean immigrants, also known as 1.5-generation immigrants, explore multicultural senses of belonging and identity through digital media practices. This study reveals that although young immigrants’ capabilities to choose from different forms of cultural content may be enhanced by digital media, they may be subject to structural forces, such as offline ethnic segregation. That is, young immigrants may enjoy digital media as a multicultural facilitator in one sense but question its contribution to multicultural senses of identity in another. © 2018, © Scalabrini Migration Center 2018.

Author Keywords

Korean immigrants Children of immigrants Canadian multiculturalism 1.5 Generation Digital media

Index Keywords

Canada young population Toronto multiculturalism Asian immigrant Mass Media Ontario [Canada]

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DOI: 10.1177/0117196818766906
ISSN: 01171968
Cited by: 1
Original Language: English