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Media Uses in Immigrant Families

Torn between 'Inward' and 'Outward' Paths of Integration

Department of Communication Studies, Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel, enelly{at}bgu.ac.il

Dafna Lemish

Department of Communication, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel, lemish{at}post.tau.ac.il

This study examines the roles of the different media — those in the host language, those in the mother tongue and those of the global media — in the lives of immigrant children and adolescents from the former Soviet Union in Israel, at a time when they are coping with complex and unique personal and social challenges as a result of the immigration process and the need to solidify a new identity. In addition, the study looks at the parents' role in their children's media choices and the roles fulfilled by the media in immigrant family conflicts and in bridging intergenerational gaps.

Key Words: family conflicts • former Soviet Union • identity • immigrant children and adolescents • immigrants' integration • Israel • media uses • Russians

International Communication Gazette, Vol. 70, No. 1, 21-40 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1748048507084576


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