JTC 316 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority, Melting Pot, Communication
16 Sep 2016
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Melting pot (assimilation: large scale immigration from many countries resulted in this: the idea that they are absorbed into ways of host society this loosens connections to their native culture. Ellis island narrative: refers to a time in american history when immigration from europe heavy thru. Heterogeneous societies homogeneous (different becoming the same?) Melting pot is innacurate because some people choose not to melt into american culture, others are excluded from it. We need to modify melting pot idea. From melting pot to symphony and stew: melting pot: your culture disappears after a few generations. Social networking sites and multicultural populations (ways to look at and study: access and divide, affordances of platform (features embedded within platform that we use that advntage or disadvatgae. Soci media platforms differ: manipulation and transformatin of platforms (changing sites intention/using site differently, counter-public spheres (squires 2004) Blacks and hispanics use social networking on mobile phones more than computer.
