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1、P1:GXB/GCYP2:GCR/LCTQC:QualitativeSociology[quso]ph132-quas-375998June13,200219:59StylefileversionJune4th,2002QualitativeSociology,Vol.25,No.3,Fall2002(°C2002)ChineseLanguageMediaintheUnitedStates:ImmigrationandAssimilationinAmericanLifeMinZhou1andGuoxuanCaiTheupsurgeofChineselanguagemedi
2、a—publications,radio,television,andtheInternet—mirrorsthelinguistic,cultural,andsocioeconomicdiversityoftheChineseimmigrantcommunity,itsvibrantethnicenclaveeconomy,anditsmulti-facetedlifeintheUnitedStates.Thisarticleexploresthecausesandconsequencesoftheethnicmediaanditsimpactontheprocess
3、ofadaptationamongChineseimmigrants.Thedataonwhichourstudyisbasedentailacontentanalysisofase-lectionofnewspapers,televisionandradioprograms,andwebsites,supplementedbytelephoneorface-to-faceinterviews.Weattempttoanswerafundamentalques-tion:Doestheethnicmediainhibitorpromotetheassimilationo
4、fimmigrantsintoAmericansociety?WefindthattheChineselanguagemedianotonlyconnectsimmigrantstotheirhostsociety,butalsoservesasaroadmapforthefirstgen-erationtoincorporateintoAmericansocietybypromotingthemobilitygoalsofhomeownership,entrepreneurship,andeducationalachievement.KEYWORDS:Chinesemed
5、ia;ethnicmedia;enclaveeconomy;immigration;assimilation.ChineseAmericansaretheoldestethnicgroupofAsianancestryintheUnitedStates,andhaveenduredalonghistoryofmigrationandsettlementthatdatesbacktothelate1840sandincludessomesixtyyearsoflegalexclusion.WiththeliftingoflegalbarrierstoChineseimmi
6、grationafterWorldWarIIandtheenactmentofthe1965immigrationlegislation,theChineseAmericancom-munityhasincreasedmorethantenfold:from237,292in1960to1,645,472in1990,andtoabout2.8million(includingsome450,000mixed-racepersons)in2000.Muchofthistremendousgrowthisaccountedforbyimmigration.Ac-cordi
7、ngtotheU.S.ImmigrationandNaturalizationService,792,529immigrantswereadmittedtotheUnitedStatesfromChina,HongKong,andTaiwanas1CorrespondenceshouldbedirectedtoMinZhou,DepartmentofSociology,UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles,Box951551,LosAngeles,CA90095-1551;e-mail:mzhou@soc.u
