Acculturation vs Assimilation – Choosing the Right Word for Integration

The concept of integrating into a new culture seems to be one of the more interesting fields of study for sociologists across the world as immigration changes societies and countries. LA Times published a study from Journal of Primary Prevention on raising children in the US where teenagers of Latino families new to the United States appear to be more successful if they retain their ties to their Latino heritage and if their parents make an effort to embrace American culture.

Louis Pagan ties this to the use of social media here and here and that the usage of social media can help Hispanics integrate quicker into a new country. I’d also argue that keeping with one’s home country groups in social media networks could slow down the acculturation of ethnic groups – maybe something to look into?

Source: LA Times

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