How Much Do They Help? Ethnic Media and Political Knowledge in the United States
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Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2016
Subject: LCSH
Immigrants -- Political activity -- Case studies, Emigration and immigration -- Political aspects -- Case studies, Social integration -- Political aspects -- Case studies
Disciplines
Political Science
Abstract
“Chris Haynes and S. Karthick Ramakrishnan also move beyond the issue of political participation to investigate immigrants’ knowledge of politics in the United States. Though it is a key component of citizen competence, political knowledge has rarely been studied in the context of immigrant political integration. Recognizing that immigrants are not a homogeneous group, Haynes and Ramakrishnan describe the levels of knowledge of American politics among the three main ethnic-minority groups in the United States – namely, Latinos, Asian Americans and African Americans. Haynes and Ramakrishnan also provide an innovative approach to the field of immigrant political integration by examining the role of the ethnic media in structuring the levels of knowledge of American politics among these three groups; this is an increasingly salient question in the United States with the growth in the number and popularity of such media.” – Antoine Bilodeau, from book introduction
Repository Citation
Haynes, Chris, and Karthick Ramakrishnan. 2016. “How Much Do They Help? Ethnic Media and Political Knowledge in the United States.” In Bilodeau, A., & Heelsum, A. J., eds. (2016). Just ordinary citizens?: Towards a comparative portrait of the political immigrant.
Publisher Citation
Haynes, Chris, and Karthick Ramakrishnan. 2016. “How Much Do They Help? Ethnic Media and Political Knowledge in the United States.” In Bilodeau, A., & Heelsum, A. J., eds. (2016). Just ordinary citizens?: Towards a comparative portrait of the political immigrant.
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