DOI
10.17077/etd.onahqxrs
Document Type
Dissertation
Date of Degree
Fall 2012
Degree Name
PhD (Doctor of Philosophy)
Degree In
Mass Communications
First Advisor
Andsager, Julie L
First Committee Member
Berry, Venise
Second Committee Member
Campbell, Mary
Third Committee Member
Liu, William
Fourth Committee Member
Singer, Jane
Abstract
This dissertation examined the everyday use of different media including traditional and online U.S. and Korean media in building and maintaining identity of Korean married immigrant women. Online survey and interviews revealed that some aspects of my participants' media consumption habits and their relationship to acceptance to American culture and affinity for Korean identity are explained well with the new assimilation theory. Korean married immigrant women with U.S. citizenship, high income and education level were more likely to accept American cultural values. Furthermore, Korean immigrant women were more likely to be married to a Korean spouse. On the other hand, interviews revealed that immigrants with low socioeconomic status may prefer (or have no choice but) not to assimilate fully into the middle-class White society.
Keywords
assimilation, ethnicity, ethnic media, immigrants, korean women, online media
Pages
x, 227 pages
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-227).
Copyright
Copyright 2012 Yeon Kyeong Erin Kim Cho
Recommended Citation
Kim Cho, Yeon Kyeong Erin. "Becoming "American" and maintaining "Korean" identity through media: a case study of Korean married immigrant women in Mizville.org." PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) thesis, University of Iowa, 2012.
https://doi.org/10.17077/etd.onahqxrs