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AbstractThis chapter uses data from the Longitudinal Immigrant Student Adaptation Study to examine media use patterns among immigrant teens. Similarities and differences in media ownership levels, use patterns, and content preferences between immigrant teens and the U.S. teen population as a whole, as well as across immigrant groups and gender, are explored. Implications for educators and others who work with immigrant youth include active discussion with youth about their media choices and media messages.

S'agissant d'élever les enfants, les mères ont longtemps monopolisé l'attention en Grande-Bretagne. Aujourd'hui, le débat public et les médias se tournent vers les pères, et l'on commence à découvrir les études consacrées, depuis plus de vingt ans, aux pères et à la paternité. L'auteur exploite ces matériaux pour examiner le rôle des pères au foyer et au travail (au sein de la famille et en tant que pourvoyeurs), les conséquences de l'absence du père pour les enfants, les mesures de soutien à la paternité et l'évolution des lois touchant la paternité.

The strategies employed by second-generation Chinese Americans in establishing transnational relations with Chinese society are examined. Relevant literature on transnational processes is reviewed, emphasizing the various social, cultural, & historical factors that affect the lives of immigrant populations residing in the US. Participants in a Chinese cultural & genealogical program located in the San Francisco Bay Area were studied to determine how Chinese Americans created transnational ties with homeland Chinese society. It is argued that the multiculturalist & foreign policies of the present-day US have distorted the identities of Chinese Americans; specifically, mainstream American society perceives Chinese Americans as Chinese yet demands that such individuals acknowledge their American origins. Moreover, it is revealed that Chinese within homeland Chinese communities frequently contest the ethnic identities of Chinese Americans. Consequently, participants' composition of identity narratives is interpreted as a means of negotiating the demands that American & Chinese societies place upon second-generation Chinese Americans. 43 References. J. W. Parker