Language is a Do Community: The Use of Language in Social Media Among the South Asian Diaspora in the US

• In Event: Intercultural Communication and Media: Bridging the Research Divide

Abstract

This study examines how the use of native and English language in social media is related to social media behaviors pertaining to community, identity, cultural, and psychological adjustment of South Asian immigrants in the U.S. The results showed the use of language is not related to cultural and psychological behaviors in social media. However, the use of native language is related to use of home country media.

Authors

• Mohammad Delwar Hossain, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

• Aaron S. Veenstra, Southern Illinois U - Carbondale