Migrant Culture Research Paper

The notion of ‘Migrant culture’ is embedded in New Zealand’s society, and perhaps its culture as a whole. As a multicultural nation, people from all over the world have migrated to settle in the land of the long white cloud, Aotearoa. The high level of cultural diversity within such a small country, created a strong migrant culture, particularly when it comes to communication amongst different ethnicities and cultures. In contemporary society, communicating with family back home, or perhaps, simply maintaining an aspect of one’s identity has been vastly assisted and supported through Mediatisation. This mentioned aspect of cultural identity could range from learning a language to consuming or merely just purchasing “ethnic” food that is relevant …show more content…
It is an advancement that has embedded itself into our daily routines. It assists individuals who identify with a migrant culture, to understand their type of culture. Whether they identify as origin-oriented (those who identify with a country of origin), ethno-oriented (those who identify with a sense of duality in their culture) or world-oriented (those who identify with the world as their home) (Hepp et. al 177). In order for the concept of migrant culture to exist and for an individual to identify with the form of culture they have, there must be a form of link that will connect migrants to their culture of origin (Hepp et. al 173). Mediatization allowed this connection, or rather contact to occur through the technological resources that are available at an individual’s disposal (Hepp et. al 173). These technological resources enable and support the process of transferring and living through facets of a migrant’s culture while being abroad (Cordeiro 105). As mentioned earlier, there are different concepts of migrant cultural identity. All of them are enabled through mediatization. These concepts are somewhat triggered by mediatization, since it allows yet limits the modes of communication …show more content…
The developments it created managed to do both limit and increase it their communication and media consumption methods. Interestingly, issues that occurred in real life also made their way into online platforms, This occurred in particularly interethnic platforms of communication. Mediatization has developed immigrant identity in the sense that it brought real everyday contact into media. This contact would have been limited or unlikely to happen prior to mediatization, However, as mentioned earlier, mediatization can act as reflection of real-life interaction. This includes real-life conflict such as that found between inter-ethnic communities. This conflicting has shown to be limiting in the notion in which it sometimes fails to break down racial barriers and assumptions that are held by others. In conclusion, mediatization exposes people to an entire new world of possibilities when it comes to exploring their migrant culture. It may not be as authentic as the real life experience of travelling to the place they affiliate to as their home, it still assists in the process of exploring it on an online