Generational Shifts in Media Consumption Among U.S. Latinos: Mobility, Education, and Education.

The role of language and linguistic assimilation in the differentiation between the consumption of English language media or Spanish language media has a direct impact on both education and occupation in terms of social mobility. The relationship between media consumption and social class among Latinos can be examined with a generational context as language specific media consumption changes from first generation immigrants to third generation immigrants. The specific question being addressed herein is whether language or ethnicity had more impact on Latinos' mobility in terms of educational achievement and occupational prestige. Results presented in this paper imply the importance and impact of the maximization of the accumulation of linguistic capital in order to accelerate the acquisition of educational attainment, which has a relationship with the shift of U.S. Latinos from the consumption of Spanish language media to English language media. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]