Media uses in immigrant families: Torn between 'inward' and 'outward' paths of integration

International Communication Gazette

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-40

  Elias, Nelly ^a   Lemish, Dafna ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Family conflicts; Former Soviet Union; Identity; Immigrant children and adolescents; Immigrants' integration; Israel; Media uses; Russians

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249070989     PISSN: 17480485     EISSN: 17480493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1748048507084576     Document Type: Article

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