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Mapping Canadian diasporic media

5 Mar 2010

While the history of settlement and the demographic composition of the community may influence the level of development, diasporic media have been found to serve various needs of diasporic communities. [...] China Daily, Korea Herald) to understand the Canadian diasporic media in a broader local media context and to explore the influence of local English media on the development of Canadian diasporic media (Hypothesis 3). [...] Further ethnographic work on dual citizens may be required to confirm this supposition, yet the strong alumni base in Hong Kong may have to do with the strong presence of Chinese Canadians of Hong Kong descent in the Canadian community (60% of Canadians in Hong Kong), whose aspiration for Canadian ties is reflected by their alumni networks instead of the replication of a full-fledged media of thei [...] Overview of Canadian Diasporic Media 17 Project Paper Series #10-01 Among the 12 destinations mapped in this study, the Canadian community in France provides the highest number of Canadian media directed to Canadians abroad (14), followed by the UK (10), the US (9), Taiwan (7), China (6), Hong Kong, Singapore, and South Korea (3 each), Lebanon (2), and the Philippines, Japan and India (1 each). [...] By year of foundation, the US is the only destination where Canadian diasporic media date back to the 1950s and survive well into the 1980s and 1990s, while the remaining destinations have relatively young outlets launched in the 2000s (see Figure 4).
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Authors

Yu, Sherry S

Pages
43
Published in
Canada

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