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Abada, Teresa; Tenkorang, Eric Y. – Journal of Youth Studies, 2009
Using the 2002 Ethnic Diversity Survey, this article examines the roles of parental human capital and social capital in the pursuit of university education among immigrant youth in Canada. We find segmented patterns across the largest minority groups in Canada, with the Chinese and the south Asians, such as Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis,…
Descriptors: Asians, Blacks, Language Usage, Human Capital
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Clement, Richard; Baker, Susan C.; Josephson, Gordon; Noels, Kimberly A. – Human Communication Research, 2005
Research on media effects has documented the media's influence on beliefs and behavior while cross-cultural psychology has documented the effects of the language used in communication on identification with the ingroup and the outgroup. Media usage in the outgroup language should, therefore, affect identification patterns. This research…
Descriptors: Identification (Psychology), Minority Groups, Linguistics, Acculturation