SOCI 1002H Lecture 6: SOCI 1002 Lecture 6
14 Jun 2018
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Lecture 6
Chapters 8 and 11
Integration and resettlement:
• Economic, cultural, and social processes
• Mutual adaptation of newcomer and host society
• Beyond assimilation
• Challenges:
• Cultural dissonance
• Ethnic enclaves
• Segmented assimilation (certain ethnic groups are assimilated into certain types
of employment)
Our survival is dependent on interaction with other people
Social distance theory: the closer the “other” gets to us, the less welcoming we are
Borders between countries are political
• Anchor baby: deeply racist term
Immigration Demographics:
• Philippines (nannies), China, and India are largest groups of newcomers
• Africa immigrant population increasing
Classes of immigrants:
• Family 25%
• Refugee 12%
• Economic 60% (immigrants create more jobs than they take, and use less public
services than they pay)
Theorizing integration:
• Durkheim: labour shortages
• Overqualified and underemployed
• Result: cultural dissonance
• Marx: reserve army of labour
• Ethnic enclaves: segregation
• Segmented assimilation: underclass
How Does Media Transform Society
Mass Communication as Nationalism
• Single content to a large audience to create a common experience
• Homogeneous audience
• National Film Board and CBC
• Media as social and economic institution
• Should government regulate content?
How Should we Study Media?:
• Media effects on behaviour and beliefs: inconclusive evidence
• Violent content (copycat)
• Debate: censorship of media or audience choice of media?
• Media as ideological, reproduces dominant beliefs
Document Summary
Integration and resettlement: economic, cultural, and social processes, mutual adaptation of newcomer and host society, beyond assimilation, challenges, cultural dissonance, ethnic enclaves, segmented assimilation (certain ethnic groups are assimilated into certain types of employment) Our survival is dependent on interaction with other people. Social distance theory: the closer the other gets to us, the less welcoming we are. Borders between countries are political: anchor baby: deeply racist term. Immigration demographics: philippines (nannies), china, and india are largest groups of newcomers, africa immigrant population increasing. Classes of immigrants: family 25, refugee 12, economic 60% (immigrants create more jobs than they take, and use less public services than they pay) Theorizing integration: durkheim: labour shortages, overqualified and underemployed, result: cultural dissonance, marx: reserve army of labour, ethnic enclaves: segregation, segmented assimilation: underclass. Corporate structure of media: profit making and news making (advertiser revenue: readership/clicks, editorial control, tactics (expert claims making, saturation of images and messages, common sense.
