Life in America pt. 1

Pg 26 – “Where it has been most conclusive is in showing how children, particularly under the age of 6 and particularly for the medium of television, repeatedly demonstrate higher levels of aggression, after viewing scenes of injury and destruction (Hamilton 1998).”

~ Outside things affect identity; makes you express a certain part of your identity more (expression).

Allison, A. (2004). Cyborg violence: Bursting borders and bodies with queer machines. In Baker, L. D. (Ed.), Life in America (25-45). Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.

Pg 51 – “Indeed, in certain areas of the Southwest, Latin American immigration is generating a powerful infrastructure dominated by a growing Spanish-speaking mass media (radio, television, and print), new market dynamics, and new cultural identities.”

~ When part of identity oppressed by outside circumstances (English-speaking media) then another part works to express itself (Spanish-speaking media)

Suarez-Orozco, M. M. (2004). Everything you ever wanted to know about assimilation but were afraid to ask. In Baker, L. D. (Ed.), Life in America (45-62). Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.