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Mass Media Facilitates Acculturation of Taiwnese Adult English Learners

...... What the above clearly implies is that greater involvement in the social and cultural mores and norms via the media can be translated into a more intense degree of acculturation. As the author states,

the acculturation function of the mass media may be significant during the social isolation stage. Newcomers might depend heavily on the media of their host culture (particularly television due to its accessibility and comprehensibility) for information about language, norms, behaviors, and expectations associated with life in the host country. (Zohoori A. 1988, p.105)

A very important aspect of this study was that differences in background and cultural origins lead to significant differences in viewing motivation, as well as in aspects such as program preference, exposure time and the degree to which identification with television characters occurs. In other words, the way that television is used by foreign viewers was found to be different when compared to American viewers; for example the emphasis on the informative and educative aspects among foreign viewers (Zohoori A. 1988, p.105)
This is also an aspect that relates to the view that acculturation via the media is unique with regard to different cultural backgrounds and not simply as matter of copying